Byodoin Temple Uji

Up early to try and utilise the time we had left in Kyoto..we activated our 7 day JR rail passes which would get us around for most of the remaining trip.

We should have really bought a 14 day pass for this trip...but we had already purchased the pass before we decided to extend...and combined with the Tokyo Suica/Nex cards it worked out …

We got up early this morning for Japanese breakfast at our Ryokan. Delicious and beautifully presented! It consisted of a piece of fish, rice and nori strips, veggies, japanese pickles (tsukemono), miso soup, salad, scrambled egg, and tea!
Crazy amount of food! The only other guest we met at breakfast (a German man, apparently on his own) …

... the temple and I don't know why the temple was chosen as a destination of the trip at that time. Anyway, I headed for Uji, where Byodoin Temple is located. The main hall of the temple Amidado built in 1053 is still the original building. Actually, it is ...

... departing for Byodoin at around 12:30ish hahaha. Amazingly enough it only took about 15 minutes to get to Uji station. From there we took a taxi to the Byodoin temple. It was AMAZING! For those of you who don't know, this is the temple that is ...