Posts Tagged ‘Kyoto’

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Japan Trip – Day 7 (京都)

December 19, 2008

Carried on our day tour of beautiful Kyoto. The trip wasn’t exactly pre-planned, cuz we ended up missing many of the iconic (and kinda must visit places like Kinkakuji – 金閣寺, Ginkakuji – 銀閣寺 , Ryoanji – 竜/安寺) as they were really off the center of Kyoto.

Started the day by first going to Nanzenji (南禅寺), since it was just directly behind our ryokan (makes no sense to miss it). It was pretty cold early in the morning, but there were already a few old folks there doing their morning exercises, and students making their way to school. We went and made some prayers there and walked around, enjoying the morning fresh air.

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Japan Trip – Day 6 – Kyoto (京都)

December 18, 2008

Today had a great weather, due to the whole day’s worth of rain yesterday, which is a pity, cuz we had to depart Hakone for Kyoto (京都) already.

Went outside for a short walk, (fresh air, great sun, cool weather) before breakfast and leaving Hakone.

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