The old and the new Kyoto

Arriving in Kyoto brang back lots of memories. We are staying in a tiny Japanese town house with a cool little room upstairs and the first thing Fern and I said was 'dibs sleeping upstairs!'
We walked to the Yasaka Pagoda and it is the coldest weather we have been in so far. We found a cool lolly shop in the old cobblestone streets that we stopped at. Fern got a bag of tiny chocolate cats and I got an awesome sushi set! Maybe too cool to actually eat them though!
Our plan was to walk to Kiyomizu-dera Temple. It was a temple on top of a big hill, but far too many people at the top. I don't like the big crowds- I feel a bit anxious.
The views at this temple was looking over the whole of the city. It is weird looking at the new part of the city from such an old temple.
There were some great maple trees at the temple, I really like the dark red leaves. It is surprising how many still have leaves on them.Read more