We started out the day in Arashiyama.
Our first stop after a long hike up a mountainside was to
visit some monkeys that roamed freely on the mountaintop. There was a cage set up for the humans to go
inside and feed the monkeys on the outside.
My monkeys had a fun time watching and feeding these
monkeys.
Upon our descent, we wandered along a path through a Bamboo
Grove.
We were dwarfed by this spectacular forest (no panda
sightings though ;-) ).
Not far from Arashiyama, we stopped to visit the Ninnaji
Temple. I don’t know if it was the time
of day, or just that this temple was slightly off the tourist path, or if it is
always like this, but it was so peaceful.
We all enjoyed the gardens and buildings and wished we’d had more time
before it closed.
Afterwards, we had dinner and wandered around the Kyoto
train station. There was an amazing
light show of pictures and words on the big, outside stairs spanning from the 2nd
to the 11th floor.
It was mesmerizing.
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