We have been in Kyoto for 3 days now and we have barely scratched the surface of what it has to offer. It`s a beautiful modern city with masses of history woven in. We have been to loads of temples, shrines, palaces and castles, as well as some very important Geisha spotting (verging on stalking at times!)
We`ve had to cram a lot in so are suffering from aching feet now. It`s best to show through photos, so here goes.....
This is the Golden Pavillion and as you can see it is very gold. All of the temples and shrines have really amazing gardens. The leaves have just started to turn autumn colours so it makes for quite a view.
This is a photo of a couple of ladies walking in the grounds of the castle. How beautiful are they???
This is the Gion part of town. (famous for Geisha). We were really lucky last night and got there at as loads of them were arriving for a big party.We didn`t get any photos sadly, but you can take our word for it that they were pretty spectacular. They are so graceful and elegant.
We went to this shrine this morning and we were gob smacked by the size of it. We had read about it in the guide book but it didn`t mention that there were literally hundreds of red gates. It must have taken us at least 45 minutes to walk through them all.
Here is another one of the gates.
1 comment:
Oh my god, i can just cry. Its so so pretty and it makes me want to go even more.
Its like my heaven. But there is a small problem about me going over there? Id maybe not back home again or i may have to buy my own plane to bring all my stuff that id buy.... :)
Anyway i can wait to see the photos when you come home. You'll maybe even will have to burn them on a cd for me so ill have my own bit of Japan.
Take care speak soon. Your Big sis. xxxx
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