{"product_id":"9781462913107","title":"Kyoto: A Contemplative Guide","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis Kyoto travel guide presents the best tourists sites in Japan's spiritual and historical capital.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith this guide the visitor needs no further assistance to learn all that a place has to offer. It is factual, concise, and complete. This Japan travel book is generously illustrated with photographs, maps, route plans, and building plans, as well as a selection of reproductions from old prints and picture scrolls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sights were specifically chosen to give foreign visitors a broad understanding of Kyoto's political, religious, and cultural history.  Among them are the ancient Phoenix Hall of the Byodo-in, the famous rock garden at Ryoan-ji, the mountain temples of Enryaku-ji, the lavishly decorated Nijo Castle of the Tokugawas, the Silver Pavilion and its remarkable garden, and the \"all-time temple,\" Kiyomizu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree appendices—a chart of Japanese art periods, a glossary and a list of useful Japanese phrases—further enhance its value.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129581912304,"sku":"9781462913107","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462913107_p0.jpg?v=1763680304","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462913107","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}