golden pavillion Kyoto Day 2 - After Inari After the shrine, Jenn, Dad and I joined back up with Mom and John to go visit a castle right in the middle of Kyoto, 二条城 (ni-jyou-jyou, 'Second Street Castle' -- I'll just
japan journey Kyoto - Fushimi Inari Shrine 伏見稲荷大社 After a full day of Kyoto tourism on day one, day two found my dad, Jenn, and myself up a bit earlier than Mom and John who wanted to get a bit
Ginkakuji Kyoto - The Silver Pavillion 銀閣寺 After Kiyomizu and a spot of lunch at a cute little cafe we went off to our last major tourist destination for the day. This time around it was somewhere I'd never
japan journey Pure Water Temple 清水寺 Our first day in Kyoto was hardly going to end with just one spectacular site. In fact, I'm sure as the day went on we all began to wonder if it would
japan journey 三十三間堂 My family made it to Japan, and after a night of rest we set out to see Kyoto. Kyoto, and the region around it, Kansai, is sightseeing central. The first thing we saw