Day 4 Kyoto daytime

Up early to another amazing Japanese breakfast. Then we grabbed a taxi to Kyoto Arashiyama, where there were beautiful bamboo forests and the Tenryu-ji a major Rinzai Zen Temple. The gardens are registered as a UNESCO world heritage site. The first Zen temple was founded on this site in 786. The temple was established in 1339 by the Shogun Ashikaga Takauji in memory of Emporeror Go-Diago. The abbot was the eminent Zen master Muso Soseki. It was designated first among Kyotos Five Mountains (the city's five major Zen temples).

After our Zen adventures we found a Gluten free Raman cafe called To the Moon, which is themed around Rabbit and the book I love you to the moon and back. We had the Waguu Raman where the meat is cooked by a blow torch at your table. It was an amazing and delicious food experience.

After lunch we split up to go shopping and caught up with each other at Cook and Bals a tiny but modern bar. The bartender was Ukrainan and had lived in Japan since he was 10. The boys ate fried chicken and chips, while Dom drank a few craft beers, or as we like to call it Snore Juice.

After the bar we headed through the
Nishiki Food market. Again another night of sights, sounds and smells. But the food was tasty.Read more