You can’t go to Kyoto and not see a temple.
Even if you were trying to avoid them.
We toured four temples yesterday — mostly by cab, some by foot — and didn’t have time to see any others.
So we chose carefully, ditching the touristy (but stunning) Kinkaku-ji and opted for the ones with something interesting — like a grand hall with 1,001 armed statues or a trail lined with hundreds of huge, red sacred gates.
And temples with food nearby.
So here’s what my second day in Kyoto looked like:
Toji Temple
First stop, Toji Temple. Every 21st of the month, it hosts a huge flea market on the temple grounds. If the day lands on the weekends, there are more than 200,000 people who come. We got there early.
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I can just hear Trevor saying
Not that Green Stuff for me.” Ha ha ha
Have Fun Everyone….
LOL! He did!
Great Pixs Cat!
I love picture 24 for its quality of lighting. It is truly wonderful.
Is the shave is shop a sign of Hawai’i in Japan, or is shave ice in Hawai’i a legacy brought over by immigrants from Japan?
I should have left some giant ziplock bags with you so you could buy & bring home dried stuff! Those items looked interesting!
Shave ice originated in Japan (and the Philippines – halohalo). It’s called “kakegori.” The version with green tea ice cream and jello – ujikinton – is a Kyoto specialty since the Uji tea-growing region is just south of Kyoto.
Those veggie-flavored candies are throat lozenges (“nodokan”).
I KNOW! Derek told me that. He read the packaging and laughed that we thought they were candy! HAHAHAHA!