Day 8

Lindley was sick today so Richard is here and I'm taking over writing! :D In the morning mom and me went to the traditional area of Arashiyama in Kyoto. We walked through the bamboo forest. At the entrance they had some street food and I grabbed some skewers and a delicious curry bread (this entire entry will be food reviews :D).

Then we drove up to Kitano Tenmangu Shrine where all the cows wore bibs. They had a breathtaking garden with blossoming cherry and plum trees. There was also a little area with samurai swords and armor and I wanted to take one so bad.

Apparently Kyoto has 1700 shrines and 700 temples, so we couldn't go see them all.

Next we went to Kinkaku-ji, a buddhist temple thatw as burned down by a crazy monk and was rebuilt with a golden house with a badass chicken on top.

After that we went to Kiyamizu-dera Temple, which translates to 'Instagram city'. So many people and couples were posing for selfies in kimonos. The temple itself was on 13 meter high stilts. The legend says if you jump down and survive you will get your wish fulfilled. I did it and it went great; highly recommend!
Going down from the temple was a cool shopping street with food and cool trinkets and the snoopy chocolate cafe!

Fusihmi Inari-taishi shrine was the foxiest shrine ever! Since Lindley loves these beanpaste munching dog-cats, I had to get some foxy souvenirs here!Read more