Philosopher's Walk Kyoto

between Ginkaku-ji and Nyakuoji-jinja, Kyoto , Kyoto, Kinki, Japan
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    Scenic/historic walking area

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    Castles and Temples continued

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    We ate a huge traditional homemade Japanese breakfast (with some American mixed in too) in the morning at the inn. It included a ridiculous amount of food - scrambled eggs, soup with tofu, sesame flavored veggies, crab salad, a slice of salmon, seaweed, rice, green tea, a few other things I cannot remember. It was amazing though. After breakfast, …

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    Cherry Blossoms and Miyako Odori

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    After the devastating earthquake and Tsunami on March 11th, 2011, Japan and its people needed something beautiful to help keep them going. Cherry blossoms were just the thing. After just one month after the tragic events on March 11th, we took a trip to Kyoto to join many from around Japan to enjoy the beauty of the cherry …

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    Sakura...

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    ... was still a few days away...it certainly whetted the appetite for the cherry blossom viewing that was still to come... I did the `Philosopher`s Walk` the next day, a famous walk along a canal lined with cherry blossom trees, and had a stroll to the ...

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    Full bloom...

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    ... It was a bit of a rush, but I managed to arrive on time to meet Andrea at 1.30pm, and we went and did the Philosopher`s Walk together as it was now lined with hundreds of cherry blossom trees in full bloom. We had a gentle stroll for a couple of ...

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    Temples

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    ... Pavilion. It really isn:t silver, but it was amazing too. The gardens are so pretty here. After Ginkakuji, we strolled along the Philosopher`s Walk, a path with Sakura that is very beautiful. We wanted to make it to Nara before we had to go to Nagoya, ...

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    Shopping Day

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    ... bit so we went on The Philosopher's Walk. It's a nice little stroll (maybe 2km total) along a canal. It's called The Philosopher's Walk because years ago a professor walked that path everyday. Along the walk were a bunch of neat little shops, temples and ...

  • 5

    Kyoto - temples and shrines and ...

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    ... health/long life, wisdom or love.  We naturally went for the first offering. We also went for a wander along the philosopher's walk from Ginkaku-ji temple to Nanzen-ji. In the evening we took ourselves the floating world - home of ...

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    Arrival in Kyoto

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    ... . New temples for Fiona and Sebastian include Chion-in, with its massive gate, as well as the bright orange Heian Shrine. The philosopher's walk also took us down to peaceful Honen-in temple. In Kyoto, everyone had a chance to enjoy some karaoke, ...

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    Eating sushi in the real red light district

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    ... around a pretty cool pagoda -Fruitless attempts by Motty to prevent Katie from purchasing souvenirs along the Philosopher's Walk (past the ancient temples of Kyoto) -Dinner with Anya and Nadav in the red light-district after getting kicked out of ...

  • 8

    Japan day 2 - Nara and Kyoto

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    ... had warned us at dinner, that we should get an early start the next day.  We wanted to visit Ginkakuji temple via the philosopher's walk.  Luckily (or awfully, depending on how you look at it), our hotel set off (false) fire alarms at 6am which ...

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    Dec 27th

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    ... forest"). Then we went to an Orange shrine/temple apart from Daitoki and grabbed a cab to some of the temples on the Philosopher's walk, we ate the most amazing brown tea ice cream cone. Ohojo and Kohojo for a walk through a garden which we ...

  • 10

    Kyoto: 4 gorgeous days (even in the rain...)

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    ... who suggests you forego the shrines in Tokyo and wait for Kyoto is right) and walked the adorable streets - a day on the Philosopher's Walk, and a day in Southern Higashiyama. We day-tripped to Nara (again, great temples, and the largest wooden structure ...