Bamboo Forest

By January 5, 2017 Kyoto No Comments

I love Kyoto!  A city with so much history. Kyoto City is the capital of Japan with a bigger size than Tokyo but has a population of only 1.4m compared to Tokyo’s 30m. It is in itself a UNESCO world heritage site. bamboo-forest-2 bamboo-forest-3There are 2,000 temples -1,600 Buddhist and 400 shinto. 17 of them are UNESCO world heritage sights. There are many ancient temples, shrines, castles that were built by aristocrats and shoguns #H2HKyoto

  Nijo jo Temple bamboo-forest-4 bamboo-forest-5   bamboo-forest-7 bamboo-forest-8 bamboo-forest-9 bamboo-forest-10 bamboo-forest-11 bamboo-forest-12 bamboo-forest-13 bamboo-forest-14  We walked in Saga Toriimoto Preserved street, a historic street lined by traditional townhouses (machiya)bamboo-forest-15  The only Dharma doll that has hair!bamboo-forest-16bamboo-forest-17 bamboo-forest-18 bamboo-forest-19

 Autumn colors are beautiful this year.  It has not been like this the past few years!  So we were lucky!

Arashiyamabamboo-forest-20 bamboo-forest-21 bamboo-forest-22 bamboo-forest-23  Tenryuji Templebamboo-forest-24 bamboo-forest-25Sogenchi Garden by the Tenryu Ji Temple – 3 kinds of garden all in one – Landscape, Zen and strolling pond. One of the oldest gardens in Japan and a UNESCO World Heritage Site #SogenchiGarden #H2HKyoto #H2HGardensbamboo-forest-26 bamboo-forest-27 bamboo-forest-28 bamboo-forest-29 bamboo-forest-30 bamboo-forest-31 bamboo-forest-32 bamboo-forest-33 From the gardens you reach the Bamboo Forest!  Beautiful!!  When you are walking here there are so many people but it is still peaceful. You can hear the leaves and the bamboo swayingbamboo-forest-34 bamboo-forest-35 bamboo-forest-36 bamboo-forest-37 bamboo-forest-38 bamboo-forest-39 bamboo-forest-40 bamboo-forest-45 bamboo-forest-44 bamboo-forest-41 bamboo-forest-43 bamboo-forest-42 bamboo-forest-1

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