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Haiku temple....
In Arashiyama we went for a walk through this huge bamboo forest and stumbled upon this temple. All of those cards have haikus written on them. At the temple you take a wooden card, write a haiku and then ring a sort of bell. It was a really cool place to find in the middle of a bamboo forest...
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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... [read more]
In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... [read more] Blog: Kicking Back in Kyoto
Date: December 3rd 2008
I wake up each morning to the cold Kyoto air and the drunken ramblings of the BakPak kyoto hostel. This really is the way to live - no phone, no responsablility, no plan, just an endless horizon of things to discover. Today i went to Arishiyama national park outside kyoto. It was absolutely incredible. the whole city was like a postcard. The people i have met so far are all so great, they all have ... read more
Date: December 3rd 2008
I wake up each morning to the cold Kyoto air and the drunken ramblings of the BakPak kyoto hostel. This really is the way to live - no phone, no responsablility, no plan, just an endless horizon of things to discover. Today i went to Arishiyama national park outside kyoto. It was absolutely incredible. the whole city was like a postcard. The people i have met so far are all so great, they all have ... read more
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