Saved the best stuff for my birthday, and as it turned out to be OK weather we caught a train for a day out to Arashiyama. My favourite part of the day was the first part, Iwatayama monkey park. This was amazing, after a 20 minute walk up a beautiful mountain we reached the top (the monkey observatory). I was a little scared at first after warnings that the monkeys might attack. However after I had settled I found it really cool just how close up you could get to them (they were so cute). We managed to hit the best time and saw thwm feeding, which although hectic was fun to watch, and we even got to feed them ourselves. After heading back down the mountain and having a picnic down by the riverside, we
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