Our last day in Kyoto

Our last day was perfect for a visit to Fushimi Inari Taisha, the head of all of Japan's Inari shrines. Well according to David, since he was in charge of sight seeing in Kyoto. I, on the other hand, had absolutely no idea where we were going and what we were about to do - walk to the top of Mt. Inari through 10,000 torii gates and up 12,000 steps. This seemingly endless path of vibrant orange torii gates that line the approach to Mt. Inari was an impressive setting! I had to believe it was also very special to be the only two visitors on certain sections of this path. Once we reached the top, we were rewarded with a great view of Kyoto...not to mention the many available ice cream stops along the way! The rest of the day was up to me. What should we do after a 3 hour walk up 12,000 steps? An aromatherapy foot massage of course!
We also continued checking the weather throughout the day and were convinced that we made a wise decision to stay in Kyoto that extra night. As it turned out, all the trains to Kanazawa were cancelled because of wind and snow. And the snow forecast for Hakuba increased to 14" for Saturday. Ja-POW!!!Read more