Nishi Hongan Ji

Breakfast at the hotel is delicious a great mix of western and Japanese. We head across the road to the first of our UESCO world heritage sites for the day Nishihonganji - It’s a working Buddhist temple with amazing structures and gardens and some rather strange sounding music coming from the worship area. We head back to pick up our team mates and take off for the day. Next stop Bamboo forest. We decide to take taxis today - it’s very hot and humid. The taxi driver takes us to the very best spot and gets out to show us where to go - it’s quite awe inspiring - tall bamboo forest with winding paths and lots of tourists like us! We then head to the golden pavilion via a noodle house where we slurp our way through delicious noodles with tempura prawns and tofu and other things. We think we order 1 big bottle of beer but end up with four so the following walk to the pavilion itself is a bit tough in the heat! A great sight to see and another world heritage site. We head to the Nijo Castle for more world heritage site viewing and tour the palace inside. We’ve had enough for now and decide to head back to hotel to freshen up before we head to Gion area later this evening. It’s been an amazing day. Disappointing Ramen restaurant but great walk through old town area.Read more