Beyond the highly visited temple of Fushimi-Inari and Kiyomizudera, the rural communities of Kyoto maintain traditions that are difficult to see for the average tourist visiting. The town of Funaya ...

Set on the shores of the Sea of Japan, in the far north of the Kyoto prefecture, the Ine area is home to Ine no Funaya, a fishing village like no other. Here, more than 200 traditional boat houses ...

Technically, Ine is in Kyoto but, it was added to the trip as ... The bottom floor of the funaya is basically the “garage” where fishermen dock their boats and store their fishing gear ...