{"id":35877,"date":"2024-10-27T14:16:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T03:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=35877"},"modified":"2024-11-06T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T21:21:00","slug":"kyoto-2-japan-%f0%9f%87%af%f0%9f%87%b5-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=35877","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto (2), Japan \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 23rd October 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: Walking around Kyoto  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Kyoto Tower, Higashi Hongan-ji Teemple, Toji Gardens and Pagoda  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Vessel Hotel, Kyoto  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 21 days @ $XX per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After our first day in Kyoto yesterday we noted it\u2019s a smaller city than many we have visited so far in Japan. Kyoto<\/a> has a population of 1.4 million people. Once Japan\u2019s Imperial Capital City all the interesting places are relatively close to the city centre, so within walking distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The days we spend two nights in the same hotel are a bonus. The packing and unpacking daily are a grind compared to our motorhome travels. We have a relaxed start this morning with breakfast then go out to find a coffee before setting off on a day\u2019s walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our first stop this morning is Kyoto Tower, we pay our A$9 pp to find ourselves in the first of two lifts with a group of school children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the top level the views of Kyoto are excellent especially as the visibility is so good today. Note the Shinkansen or bullet train slowing toward Kyoto Station in the bottom photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the tower we can see Nishi Hongan-ji Temple its only another 500 metres walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nishi Hongan-jiTemple <\/a>is a huge complex of halls and gardens. Apparently the base and school of  J\u014ddo Shinsh\u016b<\/a> Buddhism. We have slowly worked out Buddhism has many sects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you take a step up to the Founders Hall it\u2019s shoes off to walk the verandahs and halls until it\u2019s time to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back on the footpath once again\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wandering along with purpose for another 1.5 kms to To-ji Temple. We did stop for a quick look an another temple, one temple a day is enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our last stop is To-ji Temple but we\u2019ve come for the gardens and pagoda rather than the halls. Sounds good except for the A$5 pp entry fee. The temple itself dates to 796 but the 5 story pagoda was built in 1643. The pagoda makes a fabulous backdrop for the gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Enough walking for today we make our way back to the hotel via a huge shopping complex for a very late lunch, then an afternoon nap back at the hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day at our own pace was just want we needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: 23rd October 2024 Travelled: Walking around Kyoto   Visited: Kyoto Tower, Higashi Hongan-ji Teemple, Toji Gardens and Pagoda   Stayed: Vessel Hotel, Kyoto   Budget: 21 days @ $XX per day After our first day in Kyoto yesterday we noted it\u2019s a smaller city than many we have visited so far in Japan. Kyoto […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":35900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-japan-","8":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35877"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36148,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35877\/revisions\/36148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}