It was an incredibly productive first day in Kyoto - so much so that I hit my best ever day on my Fitbit: almost 45,000 steps! We saw a lot of big and small temples and shrines, as well as a few other sites, like the Nijō Castle, where we started the day, a former castle of the Shogun from the 1600s and is currently a World Heritage Site. Kyoto is the former seat of the Japanese Imperial government and is home to over 2000 Buddhist and Shinto temples and shrines, which are the major tourist attractions in what has been nicknamed the "City of Ten Thousand Shrines".
I took so many photos, that I'm actually going to split them into several posts, so as to not overwhelm any one entry. This one relates to the miscellaneous things we saw and ate.
I took so many photos, that I'm actually going to split them into several posts, so as to not overwhelm any one entry. This one relates to the miscellaneous things we saw and ate.