Today's Geo Quiz starts off with a gong!

A city in Japan is on our radar today. It's a city of one and a half million people. Outdoor markets are usually crowded with shoppers, fish mongers, and tourists. There are ancient palaces and peace gardens galore.

And if you're seeking enlightenment, travel writer Don George suggests a visit to one of the city's 2,000 Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines.

Byakko-ro (White Tiger Towers) at the Heian Jingu Shrine, Kyoto

"I was struck by how there's a temple on every corner it seems like, literally wherever you go there's this wonderful little temple with its swept entryway, and its beautiful wooden structure and it just infuses the city with a very spiritual harmony, tranquility and shade, and silence, they're just there as these beautiful embodiments of peace."

Name this city on Honshū island if you can.