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 ...

Located on the shore of Ine Bay in Kyoto Prefecture is a group of 230 "funaya," or boat houses. Known as Ine no Funaya, or The Boat Houses of Ine, the wooden buildings are built on the water’s edge ...

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 ...