Monkeys, Bamboo, and a Temple


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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