Kyoto is one of the most beautiful cities I've been to. Our living quarters were excellent, we stayed at the Shunkoin Temple. There were meditation classes and tea ceremony in the morning, which I loved.
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| Garden at Shunkoin |
Our first stop was Kiyomizu Temple, one of Kyoto's most famous temples. It was built without any nails, and is well known for its three streams that bring good fortune when you drink from them.
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| Entering Kiyomizu |
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| Some visitors in Kimonos |
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| The temple bell |
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| A Jizo statue |
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| This pavillion was lovely |
The Jishu shrine is attached to Kiyomizu Temple, and is dedicated to Okuninushi-no-Mikoto, the god of love and matchmaking
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| He certainly did well with this pair |
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| One of the love stones. If you can walk from one to the other with your eyes closed, you'll be able to make your love come to fruition |
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| Needed some help, but I made it |
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| View from the temple |
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| Jishu Shrine from afar |
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| Drinking from the stream |
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| Temple garden |
The next day, we visited Kinkakuji, the Golden Pavillion, another of Kyoto's iconic temples.
The next day, we were off to Tokyo, more on that to come
So nice your folks could share this wonderful journey.
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