Kyoto in Autumn

A few weeks ago myself and two friends traveled to Kyoto to along with seemingly the rest of Japan to view the temples and shrines so famous in Japan. As promised by guidebooks and locals, the temples were beautiful bathed in the colors of fall. We arrived at the Kyoto train station at 9 a.m. First we explored Gion, the old district of Kyoto where Meiko train to become Geisha, then we winded our way down the Philosopher's Path, a beautiful tree and brook lined dirt road, leading to the Silver Temple. A beautiful temple set amidst trees and sky. We lunched somewhere in there, and on our way back we explored random temples off of the Philosopher's Path. We concluded our day with another stroll through Gion where we spotted a Geisha being ushered off by her house mother into a taxi-cab. The taxi-cab was a good ways from her house and she had to run to hop in, avoiding the throngs of people who were chasing after her trying to get her picture. Seeing a Geisha in person was a really awesome experience!! All in all a great day in Kyoto. Kyoto is such a huge city that I know I'll have to go back time after time in order to see everything!!

Ja mata ne!!