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7.31.2003
10:19 AM | Link |
 The rock garden and temple really are amazing - the garden is composed of 15 rocks, each representing something, and they say if you can count all 15 from where you are standing, you have achieved perfection (of course, we can only count 14 rocks!). At each stop along the tour, one of the girls recites a speech that she's learned about that location, but when we ask them questions, they typically don't know the answer. So, even though they aren't the most helpful tour guides, it's still fun to walk around the grounds with them. There is a beautiful pond filled with lillypads, and lots of interesting buildings and gates as well. We finally say good-bye to the girls and take the bus back to Kyoto Station.
Kyoto Station is absolutely huge - it's like a ten story shopping mall with a huge central area open to the sky. The longest escalators I've seen crawl up and up and up, eventually reaching the roof, where you can gaze out over the city of Kyoto and the surrounding hills. We do some shopping at an Osamu Tezuka store (similar to the gift shop at the museum), and when we're finished, we ride back to Osaka for a meal at Umeda Station. |
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