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Published: October 11th 2018
Fire bucket
Many small streets have these sitting along the sidewalk.Last night we looked through the guidebook to see if we had missed anything in Kyoto that we really wanted to see on this trip, since we only had today left (we are taking a day trip to Nara tomorrow).
We had already planned to visit Nijo Castle in the afternoon. Looking at the book, we came across a temp!e that got rave reviews, but didn't sound familiar, so we set off to visit it this morning...
We walked through now familiar neighborhoods, and decided to take a narrow road up towards the temple. This road became a path through the oldest cemetery in Kyoto...We wound our way up the mountain, arriving at Kiyomizu-dera Temp!e. We had to go slightly downhill to get to the ticket booth.....
And found ourselves at the temple entrance where we had been besieged by thousands of school kids yesterday!
We entered the grounds this time (still full of school groups), and had an enjoyable walk once we were able to get away from the crowds.
After brunch, we took a train to Nijo Castle, which was also very crowded with school groups and other tour groups. People were arguing with
Garbage truck!
The garbage trucks are so cute here... the employees about removing their shoes.....
Once we got out of the main building, the gardens were peaceful.
On the way back to the station, we happened upon the oldest garden in Kyoto, created in the 600's. It was a lovely little spot, with a large pond fed by a spring.
Once back at the station, we took a series of escalators up to the Sky Garden.
We had dinner in the station (there is an excellent restaurant area on the lower level) and returned home. I went grocery shopping while Bill researched our trip to Nara tomorrow....
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