So today I wanted to go see the cherry blossoms in Kyoto. After I inquired about the places most conducive for that, I decided to go "The path of philosophy" (Tetsugaku-no-michi). It is a path which borders a canal lined with cherry trees and which, at the same time, visiting various temples of Kyoto.
Check the morning around 9am. On the way to the station, I found the scarf that I had lost starting in Tokyo (it is not in great condition, but I'll see what it gives after washing). To arrive at Kyoto Station, it took me a little over an hour. Then I wanted to try to take the bus. The brothel ... Already, I shot 20 minutes before finding the station where the bus was. Then, impossible to navigate. There was a lot of electronic terminals in English, but they were down! And the rest was filled in Japanese ... Briefly, after 5 minutes in this crowd, I dropped, I decided to take the subway. Here, as usual, no problem!
I did not start immediately the path philisophes I first started as a big temple known who was on the way: Nanzen-ji. Here, you can not see everything, the temple is surrounded by other buildings on a very large area. I had a look at the great door door Sanmon:
Then I was visited the main building of the temple and the house abbey (Hojo) and (ses!) Garden (s):
(this part is obviously the best known is the one that I 'I liked least "Who knows why ...) In the
Hojo, which I preferred, it is the interior parts (photos banned, obviously). Indeed, the walls are covered with paintings of Japanese styles (landscapes, nature ,...). Ca, I was really amazed!
After Nanzen-ji, I was Eikan to-do, the first step of the way of philosophy
Overall, it's like the Nanzen-ji, except that there are several connected buildings, with temples, a pagoda, ... Oddly, I liked this passage as:
I think that's the beauty of the wood and the stairs that touched me. By cons, it's dicey when you're a slipper! (Yes, must remove their shoes and put on slippers at the entrance of buildings).
After Eikan-do, I found the way under the water's edge. As I expected, most of the cherry trees are still bud or just beginning to bloom. However, when I saw even a few cherry trees in full bloom:
Well, the photo does not do them justice, it's really beautiful actually. And now that's just an isolated tree, it will be beautiful when they are all in bloom. No regrets, there are very strong chance that I go back next week with my parents.
On the way, I went to the Honen-in temple, small but nice:
Oh, by the way, there was a lady who was selling his creations faites-main en papier. C'est très répandu au Japon. Ici, j'ai craqué, je me suis achetée une toute petite Geisha en papier :
Pour finir, je suis arrivée au pavillon d'argent (Ginkaku-ji). Malheureusement, celui-ci est en traveaux, on ne peut pas apercevoir le temple, couvert d'échaffaudages. Je savais cela, donc je me suis dispensée de payer l'entrée pour aller voir.
Finalement, il me restait à retourner, mais j'étais bien embêtée... La gare la plus proche était environ à 40 minutes de marche. J'ai heureusement trouvé l'arrêt de bus et le bus, pour une fois, était simple a utilisé (même prix, quelque soit l'arrêt, et indications en anglais). Seulement, c'est très très lent comme bus, heureusement que j'avais la chance d'être assise. Surtout que, au bout de quelques autres arrêts, le bus était bondé, les gens semblaient compressés ! Bref, je l'ai échappé belle. Mais je dois dire que ça ne m'a pas encouragé à prendre les bus.
Sinon, je voudrais remercier tout ceux qui m'ont envoyés un message pour mon anniversaire, ça m'a fait très plaisir (et, pour ceux qui ont oublié ou ceux qui n'ont pas pu me contacter, aucun problème, je ne doute pas de vos bonnes intentions !). Ici, Chie avait oublié, the same day, but she told me two days later a birthday gift: a box to put my seal. It's very cute! And it is mostly very nice of him!
So, the next adventure, we'll do it when my parents will be there!
I invite you to visit the album, there are nice pictures. For cons, I'm sorry, I do not know if this is the brightness or me, but I find that the quality of my photos is not great.
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