Thursday, 4 June 2015

Day 10 - Thursday 4 June

Kyoto (1).

Mid-morning we caught a local train from Kyoto station - great roof - to the Saga and Arashiyama areas.


We walked through centuries-old lanes, then continued through amazing bamboo groves (passing an elderly Japanese man dressed for war)  to the beautiful Okochi-sanso Villa Garden and the Tenryu-ji Temple.






We then continued walking to the Togetsu-kyo Bridge, passing some girls in tradtional dress, then onto the quaint Arashiyama station, with a relieving foot spa and the Pond for Dragon.





After a local lunch, we caught another local train, then subway to the amazing Teramachi-dori Street and Nishiki-Ichiba Market.



We returned to our hotel, first for Bill to go to the hotel's public bath in an undersized jinbei, followed by dinner.


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