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年底入住，遇到飯店前路上的年度點燈 大阪東急卓越大酒店 Osaka Excel Hotel Tokyu 是在剛好疫情前， 2019 年底才開幕的一間新飯店，相對起來算蠻新的飯店，實際入住後發現整體也維持的不錯，都還是蠻新的。

We stayed at the end of the year and caught the annual illumination on the street in front of the hotel The Osaka Excel Hotel Tokyu is a new hotel that opened at the end of 2019, just before the pandemic, so it's still relatively new. After actually staying here, we found that the property has been well maintained and everything still feels quite fresh.

位於京都的錦市場，擁有非常久的歷史，早至平安時代在此地區就已經開始建立了市場，到了 1615 年錦市場成為江戶幕府在京都授權的三個魚類批發商之一，這就是錦市場作為成熟魚市場的開始，傳承至今。

Nishiki Market in Kyoto has a very long history. A market began to take shape in this area as early as the Heian period, and in 1615 Nishiki Market became one of the three fish wholesalers officially authorized by the Edo shogunate in Kyoto — the beginning of Nishiki as a fully fledged fish market, a tradition that continues to this day.

小川珈琲創立於 1952 年，是京都在地老字號的咖啡店之一，起初以咖啡零售為主，後來不只日本也進軍了美國市場。而在迎接創立70周年的 2022 年，在熱鬧的錦市場附近開了這間新的店「小川珈琲 堺町錦店」，以町家風格改建，保留著古老城市的歷史韻味。

Founded in 1952, Ogawa Coffee is one of Kyoto's long-established local coffee shops. It started out mainly in coffee retail, and later expanded not only across Japan but also into the U.S. market. In 2022, marking its 70th anniversary, it opened this new store, "Ogawa Coffee Sakaimachi Nishiki," near the bustling Nishiki Market. Renovated in machiya townhouse style, it preserves the historic charm of the old city.