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| Day Eight: Kyoto | |
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7.31.2003
10:20 AM | Link |
Today we sleep in until 9:00, and make our now usual walk to the train station, stopping at our favorite vending machine along the way. Today we ride to Kyoto, and begin our day by strolling around Kawaramachi, and very cool neighborhood with lots of shops. We stop at a camera shop to buy another Compact Flash card, because I've filled up my digital camera! Ready to take more pictures, we walk across the river and find the bus stop we need to go to Ryonji, today's destination. Waiting at the bus stop, the clouds looks ominous - a typhoon moved over Kyushu last night, and the remnants of the storm are all over the sky. Amazingly, it never rains!
We ride the bus to the temple, where we're planning to see one of the best Zen rock gardens in Japan. As we're walking up the path, we're approached by three young girls - one of them shows me her Kyoto University student ID and asks if they can give us a tour of the temple (apparently they receive credit for interacting with foreigners to practice their English). So, we follow the girls and begin our tour. |
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