1. Major shopping centers are open every day, seven days a week. They begin serving visitors not later than 10:00 am, and the working day ends not earlier than 9:00 pm. If the store is labeled «convinience store», it means that it is working all around the clock.
2. Holiday-makers should be aware that leaving a tip in Kyoto is not accepted. Any waiters or taxi drivers or hotel attendant will not accept monetary rewards. In some upscale restaurants a service charge may be included in the total score, and it is no more than 10% of the total.
3. Going to restaurants, take into account that in most of them the menu is only in Japanese. However, staff of prestigious establishments is fluent in English, so you can ask any questions.
4. While walking around the city and visiting various excursions travelers should be very quiet. The thing is that the locals don’t like the noise and are very restrained emotionally. The rapid display of emotion or loud speech is considered a sign of mauvais ton.
6. Many hotels offer guests an interesting service - rental of cellular phones. In this case, the client has to pay only for the service of cell provider. In addition to cell phones, special machines that accept plastic cards provide profitable telecommunication too. They are next to all major government agencies and are represented in shopping centers.
7. Many tourists say that local stores have very low prices. The quality of products remains high; this also applies to local dishes, clothing and equipment. Travelers should visit shops with fixed prices. Value of all goods in these stores is the same, and the choice of products is usually very extensive.
Kyoto has plenty of shopping spots to choose from. Here you can start shopping right at the railway station. The Kyoto Station Building is one of the largest stations not only in the country … 
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