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What a spectacular city full of spiritualism and peacefulness…except for the typhoon that hit just after we arrived. First one ever!
Such colours!
THIS is how you sit at a low table in some degree of comfort!
Zen garden at Ginkaku-Ju (silver pavilion).
Arashiyama bamboo forest. Not as crowded as one would have expected.
Travelling in style in the bamboo forest.
Preparing to hike through the 10,000 Torii gates at the Fushimi Inari Shrine.
Inari is the goddess of rice and general prosperity so this is the "business" shrine. Each of the 10,000 gates was donated by a business in gratitude of past success and future good fortune.
Food glorious food...all plastic models on display!
Settling in for dinner in our Ryokan
Nijo castle at night.
Contemplating along Philosopher's Walk.