Travels in Kyoto

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For our first full day in Japan we departed from our hotel in Osaka and took the train about 45 minutes north to Kyoto. We are staying two nights in a traditional Japanesse inn called a ryokan.

After dropping off our bags, we headed back to the station to catch the train to Nara, the first semi-permanent capital of Japan. The main attraction at Nara is the worlds largest wooden structure, a Buddhist shrine called Todaiji. The temple was fantastic and was surrounded by a park with deer everywhere!

From Nara we headed back toward Kyoto and stopped outside at Fushimi Inari Shrine, a Shinto Shrine with thousands of shrine gateways called Tori. We arrived at dusk and walk the grounds for a good two hours...it was huge and being on the side of a mountain, had a ton of steps to the top!

Today we are headed out for a full day in and around Kyoto before heading to Fukoka tomorrow.

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Photos

Todaiji Temple
Todaiji Temple in Nara. The worlds largest wooden structure.

Tori at Fushimi Inari Shrine
Hundreds of Tori gates line the walkways at Fushimi Inari Shrine.

Comments

[Ann]

very cool place
I remember the deer and the temple. It's terrific to hear they still have deer after all this time. The pictures are great!

[cilla]

photo
love the tori at the shrine picture. that's a framer.