Japan: Days One and Two

Day One:

Our flight from Korea was delayed… Another typhoon! We arrived in Osaka in the afternoon and caught a train to Kyoto. We got settled in to our room and walked (in the pouring rain) to have sushi for dinner, then to a craft beer bar. 

 

We’re in Japan!!!
  
Crazy ticket machines for the metro
  
Enjoying some conveyor belt sushi


Day Two:

No rain today! We visited the Tenryū-ji  Temple in Arashiysma. It has a beautiful Zen garden dating to the 14th century! Then we headed over to Higashiyama, for a visit to the Nanzen-ji Temple. We wandered through the Higashiyama and Gion neighborhoods, and ended up having Spanish tapas for dinner! 

 

Lotus flower
  
Zen garden, Nanzen-ji Temple
  
Moss in the Zen garden
  
    
Nanzen-ji Temple
  
Engraved stone tablet, Nanzen-ji Temple
  
The bamboo forest
  

 

Bamboo selfie?
 
Gate at Nanzen-ji Temple
  
Aquaduct
  
  
Zen garden, Shoren-in Temple
  
Restaurant entryway
  
Cars are tiny here!
  
Yasaka Shrine
     
We saw a geisha!!
 
Evening in Higashiyama