Oct-Nov2013
Day 8Kyoto
Whereas we walked everywhere yesterday, today we picked a few destinations that were a bit further outside of the city that would require a few trains. The Arashiyama bamboo forest — something I have been wanting to see for a very long — was the first on my list for the day.
Fushimi Inari Taisha
These gates go all the way up the mountain. There's over 1,000 of them.
Kiyomizu-dera 清水寺
We then made our walk back to central Kyoto to catch a dinner reservation at Manzaratei Nishiki — a highly-recommended restaurant with Japanese-based dishes mixed with other Asian and European influences.
COLLECTION
Japan
Day Zero
SFO ✈ NRT
Day One
Shibuya, Omotesandō, Harajuku, Ginza and Shiodome
Day Two
Asakusa, Ueno, Akihabara and Roppongi
Day Three
Imperial Palace, Shinjuku, Harajuku, Omotesandō
Day Four
Daytrip to Hakone
Day Five
Tsukiji fish market, Odaiba and Shinjuku
Day Six
Tokyo to Kyoto
Day Seven
Walking the Philosopher's Path in Kyoto
Current
Day Eight
Arashiyama bamboo forest, Fushimi Inari-taisha and Kiyomizu-dera
Day Nine
Kinkaku-ji temple and traveling to Hiroshima
Day Ten
Hiroshima Peace Memorial and Miyajima island
Day Eleven
Mount Kōya
Day Twelve
Mount Kōya and Osaka
Day Thirteen
Shin-osaka to Tokyo to San Francisco