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Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design vs Nijo Castle
Both Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts Fureaikan and Nijo Castle are endorsed by professionals. Overall, Nijo Castle scores significantly higher than Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts Fureaikan. Nijo Castle comes in at #4 in Kyoto with endorsements from 3 reviewers including Lonely Planet, Fodor's and Frommer's.
Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design
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Frommer's
Frommer's
9-1 Seishojicho, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 606-8343
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Fodor's
"Fascinating displays reveal the painstaking care taken with Kyoto's traditional crafts."
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Frommer's
"Kyoto remains one of Japan's most prolific producers of traditional crafts."
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Frommer's
"As Japan's capital for more than 1,000 years, Kyoto was home to countless craftsmen producing artwork and goods that found their way into the town's many temples, shrines, and..."
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Nijo Castle
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Frommer's
Michelin Guide
U.S. News & World Report
541 Nijojo-cho, Horikawa-nishiiru, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
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Fodor's
"Nijo Castle, begun in 1603, is a grandiose and unequivocal statement of the shogunate's power."
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Frommer's
"The Tokugawa shogun's Kyoto home stands in stark contrast to most of Japan's other remaining castles, which were constructed purely for defense."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"The ceremonial rooms are embellished with paintings finished with gold, exemplary works of the Kano school, lavishly decorated coffered ceilings and superb tokonoma, altars which honour the ancestors."
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U.S. News & World Report
7.0
"After years of bitter strife, the aging samurai lord Tokugawa Ieyasu finally wrested power from Japan's many warring clans and unified them at the turn of the 17th century. Upon being..."
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