Kyoto 1

Last week, I took a short trip to Kyoto with my mother for Mother's day.

We headed to Arashiyama where famous of bamboo grove. Unfortunately, it was rainy all day. Rain creat a magical atmosphere throughout small bamboo aisle. Kyoto local calls it "graciousness" and they value graciousness in kyoto culture.

This is the place you should visit once in a lifetime.

 

 

Most people who already have ever been in Kyoto, visited Kiyomizu-Temple where famous of great landscape. 

                                              

 

Beside main street of Kiyomizu-temple, many  Japanese souvenir shops.  However, it always packed and touristy. If you prefer more quite, Kyoto-ish place, go to 2 nen-zaka street.

   

Pass through Ninen-zaka, head to Kodai-ji(Temple) where Nene (queen, wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi is enshrined.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyosi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nene_(person)

 

Koda-ji has beautiful garden and near to this, there is the grave of Sakamoto Ryoma.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakamoto_Ry%C5%8Dma

 

Many Japanese style cafe  which ownes beautiful garden and small lovely pound around this street. If you walk through from Kodai-ji, you will arrive to Yasaka-shrine where is located in Gion where Maiko-san, and Geiko-san live and work.

Enjoy you Kyoto back street walk!