Kyoto Temple Walk
Friday - September 14th 2018
Unfortunately the weather wasn't very good, but we still managed to see a lot today. After a cup of coffee we took the bus to
Kinkaku-Ji, the Pavilion of the Golden Temple. Kinkaku-Ji is a must see in Kyoto and according to the guy at the entrance it is one of Japan's most visited sites. He was right, because when we arrived there was already a huge crowd waiting for a good spot to take a picture of the Golden Pavilion. Many tourists just took a photo and then left, but we decided to take a walk along the beautiful path through the temple. Once we completed the tour, we left as well, because of the huge crowds of tourists and Japanese pupils storming the site.
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| Kinkaku-Ji Temple |
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| Kinkaku-Ji Temple |
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| Kinkaku-Ji Temple |
Our next stop was
Ryoan-Ji Temple which was just a short walk away from Kinkaku-Ji. This Bhuddist Temple is famous for its stone garden, but honestly I wasn't really impressed. Nonetheless the whole temple area was very beautiful, but due to the bad weather, it was raining heavily, we couldn't enjoy it as much as we wanted to.
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| Ryoan-Ji Temple |
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| Ryoan-Ji Temple |
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| Ryoan-Ji Temple |
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| Ryoan-Ji Temple |
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| Ryoan-Ji Temple |
Another short walk later we arrived at
Ninna-Ji Temple, our last stop on our temple tour. Luckily the rain stopped and so we could really appreciate the whole temple area. I myself enjoyed this temple the most, because there were much less tourists, the buildings were amazing and the stone garden was really beautiful. There we spent quite some time, but since it was already early afternoon we got hungry. So we took the bus back into the city, where we had lunch at
Cafe Morpho. We both ordered the delicious burger and for dessert we shared a sweet banana pizza.
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| Ninna-Ji Temple |
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| Ninna-Ji Temple |
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| Ninna-Ji Temple |
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| Ninna-Ji Temple |
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| Ninna-Ji Temple |
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| Ninna-Ji Temple |
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| Ninna-Ji Temple |
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| Ninna-Ji Temple |
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| Ninna-Ji Temple |
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| Ninna-Ji Temple |
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| Ninna-Ji Temple |
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| Veggie Burger |
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| Sweet Banana Pizza |
Since we missed the
Imperial Palace yesterday, we decided to give it another try today. Although it was not as impressive as expected, we were glad to visit the temple. We took a tour through the garden and just before the temple closed we left towards our hotel. There we relaxed a bit at the outdoor bar and later we went to Chabuton for lunch. The vegan ramen soup was as delicious as in Osaka.
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| Imperial Palace |
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| Imperial Palace |
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| Imperial Palace |
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| Imperial Palace |
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| Kyoto Tower by Night |
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