Introduction

Hi there,

Welcome to the Kyo Sensational Blog.

I am Yoshi, a Japanese bloke who has lived in New Zealand for four years, am passionate of writing in English, and love travelling and meeting new people. Also cycling and watching rugby and Australian Rules Football (AFL) add my interests.

After I had had to leave New Zealand in 2008 because of lack of job offer and visa situations, I had less job opportunity and have not had enough opportunities to speak English over in Sapporo where I am originally from. Then my Western friends advised me to seek a job where my English skills will contribute well in the mainland of Japan. Luckily I got a job offer early in 2015 from a Kyoto based organisation and made a move to Kyoto in the end of February that year.

Currently working for small traditional Kyoto Townhouse inns, we are dependent on online booking sites to get more bookings. But these sites are suited on big hotels where guests will be served 24/7 (as we are small accommodation, we do not open 24/7). Because of this reason, some guests are not satisfied with our services and we have issues on being requested late check in (being asked to do check in outside our business hours).

To get more bookings other than through online booking sites, I had been seeking to contribute writing to attract tourists who are interested in visiting Japan. Then I have decided to establish a blog to feature not only the inns but also Kyoto.

Why I named "Kyo Sensational" for my blogs are...

Kyo means today in Japanese. I would like to provide you today's topic(s) to talk about with your family and friends. The action can be from having fun and showing interests in our culture, to discuss about your future trip plans for Kyoto. Another meaning of Kyo is a shorter word of Kyoto. The word of Kyo is often used in slogans for local organisations. It is kind of the nickname of the city. Hopefully it makes easier to remember the name of the blog for you.

The Author at Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

Sensational comes from my wishes to provide interesting and exciting stories for you and to show my passionate of writing in the English language. It is like writing sports stories for The Footy Almanac, the Melbourne based sport community site.

I hope to see you in the beautiful historical and traditional city, here in Kyoto soon.

Enjoy reading!