I have a lot of pictures to share of Tim's visit to Japan! We had a great time, and he took a bunch of amazing pictures - it was so nice not to have to worry about taking any photos the whole time he was here!
Our first stop was Kyoto (after a day of jet-lag recovery for Tim). We took the shinkansen from Shin-Yokohama to Kyoto on Friday night after I got off work. It was a very crowded train and we weren't able to reserve seats, so we had to stand for the first hour. Luckily there was a very popular stop and most people got off the train so we were able to snag some seats!
In Kyoto we stayed in a traditional Japanese ryokan. I love sleeping under heavy warm futon covers!
There was a little pond inside the "courtyard" of the building.
Here is Kyoto station - it is very modern looking, which is different than all of the old temples that are there!
Our first stop early in the morning was Fushimi Inari.
We followed the torii gates all the way up to the top of the mountain behind the temple. It was super fun! There was a little snow falling and it made some of the steps slippery though. But the snow was really pretty!
This cat wasn't too sure about the snow...
The view of Kyoto from about 3/4 of the way up the path. It was hard to believe we were still in such a big city!
This dragon doesn't make hand washing a very inviting process!
Outside the temple we ate some mid morning yaki-soba. Yum!
We visited a few stone gardens. They are so beautiful, but they seem like so much work.
This was at Tofukuji. Unfortunately most of the beauty of this temple is in the autumn, so we didn't pay to go in.
I think that this was at Nanzen-ji. I was surprised to see an aqueduct! This temple was very beautiful.
Fishes!
Of course we went to Kinkakuji!
After all that walking, I had to eat my favorite Japanese treat - taiyaki!
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