June 27, 2019
Mabuhay!
This is a photo and video journal of day 2- Part 3 of our group travel adventure in Japan - a unique but incredible country, featuring our visit to Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, and Gion Kyoto neighborhood Getting There
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| After our quick but tasty lunch in Mujinzo Kyoto Nijo, we headed to a famous tourist destination in Kyoto that is the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest. It was a 20-minute bus ride from our take-off point. |
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| A condominium complex near the restaurant where ate our lunch. |
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| The weather is rainy but we continue to move on. |
Arashiyama Bamboo ForestBeing one of the top sights in Kyoto, Arashiyam Bamboo Forest is one of the most photographed tourist destinations.
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| Though the weather is rainy, it does not us to hike toward the magnificent bamboo forest. |
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| Walking among these upright bamboo stalks gives you a feeling you are in another world. |
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| A Japanese lady wearing a traditional costume & umbrella locally known as wagasa. |
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| human-powered rickshaw for tourists |
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| I grew up in a small village in the Philippines where bamboo grew abundantly near the river banks. But the bamboo species here are tall, upright with no thorns. |
Tenryu-ji
Tenryū-ji, formally known as Tenryū Shiseizen-ji, is the head temple of the Tenryū-ji branch of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism, located in Susukinobaba-chō, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple was founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1339, primarily to venerate Gautama Buddha, and its first chief priest was Musō Soseki.
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| Simulation of sweet potato |
Gion neighborhoodGion (祇園) is Kyoto's most famous geisha district, located around Shijo Avenue between Yasaka Shrine in the east and the Kamo River in the west. It is filled with shops, restaurants and ochaya (teahouses), where geiko (Kyoto dialect for geisha) and maiko (geiko apprentices) entertain.
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| A pluot tree with a fruit. First to see this tree |
Shinsaibashi-Suji Shopping Street
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