We had to say goodbye to Kyoto today. 😦 Fittingly, the day started super rainy and gray. Tori and Jody took a day trip to Hiroshima today, so we were on our own. We slowly packed our things, hating to leave the super-comfortable Westin Miyako (and hoping that maybe if we stalled long enough, it…
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Kyoto: Fushimi Inari and Strolling
Kyoto, Day 3 of not nearly enough! Today started with a trek to Fushimi Inari, a shrine with lots and lots of bright red gates stretching up a mountainside. It’s an iconic view you’ve probably seen before. Because today was the vernal equinox, the site was really crowded with domestic tourists. It was neat, though,…
Kyoto: Arashiyama, mostly
Another title for this post: Way too many pictures of bamboo. We slept in today! Boy, did we all need it. Then, we hopped a series of trains to far northwest Kyoto, to an area called Arashiyama. It’s famous for being home to several temples and gardens, as well as the iconic bamboo forest. Our…
Kyoto: In Which We Immediately Realize Our Folly
Folly is: OMG this place is amazing and we are only here for four nights. Clearly we have lost our minds and need to just sell our stuff and move here so we can wander tree-lined canals, admire stately temples, and soak in the light of a moss-covered traditional garden until we burst, or at…
On to Kyoto!
We woke up in our ryokan one last time today and presented ourselves for breakfast. Because apparently this wasn’t enough food for us, we supplemented with our black-shelled eggs from yesterday in Owakudani. After breakfast, we shut our eyes tight and paid our bill, and then grabbed a bus down into town to do some…
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