For day 3 we traveled south to Kyoto, the old capital of Japan. We took a train in the morning and had the afternoon to go visit one of the shrines which was influenced by Chinese and Tibetan styles.
There's even one of us, just for you all who don't like that I don't post pictures of myself on this:
The walk to get there was decently long and uphill, so there were rickshaws at both the top and the bottom (mostly the top) willing to take you in one direction or the other. And taxis of course.
That night we also walked through the "old section" of Kyoto, which is a street that still has many traditional style homes and restaurants. We were eating with a STeLA friend that night, so we didn't stop to eat there, but it was interesting to walk through
After dinner we walked past Kyoto Tower, but it was closed so we couldn't go in. But from the Kyoto train station, you could take several escalators to the roof and see some great views of Kyoto, so we did that and got this picture from about 1/3 of the way up.
Also on the way back from the station, there was a water/laser light show on top of a convenience store. Yes, just randomly on top of these little shops. It was pretty cool.
More to come!
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