Byodo-in and Nijo Castle Today I started with a sequence nostalgia. Photo as a souvenir of my Uni:
Class, eh? Otherwise, here is my beloved station which makes me now to walk 30 minutes every morning:
rectangles you see along du quai indiquent là où les portes du train se trouveront et on sait donc où faire la file. J'adore !
Niveau visite, j'avais décidé de suivre les conseils de ma mère. J'ai commencé par le byodo-in. Tellement bien situé qu'il m'a fallut 5 trains à partir de ma gare pour y arriver ! Le byodo-in est très célèbre, il est notamment représenté sur les pièces de 100 yens.
Ce batiment est appelé la salle du phoenix, parce qu'il ressemblerait de face à un Phoenix déployant ses ailes, et aussi parce que deux de ces specimens sont sur le toit:
Joli, no?
Photos inside are forbidden. If you look closely at the photo below, you can see the Buddha's head in the hole in the mesh of the door
I have no photos of full face, sorry, but it was packed with tourists, so every time I bits rather than the whole building to avoid having the big group of tourists on the photo. If you vpulez full face photo, see here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Byodo-in_Uji01pbs2640.jpg To get an idea of the Interior, here is a picture of the flyer that I bought
What I liked? Look at the wall, seen up close it looks like this:
is too too good! So actually what I really liked is the museum's Byodo-in, because there is a part of these statues and we can admire them up close. There was also a short video showing computer-generated image of what looked like the Byodo-in at the time. It was very colorful, very beautiful inside. Unfortunately almost completely disappeared with time.
At noon, I was eaten in the grounds of the Imperial Palace.
Besides, I eat really well for a few days with Joranne. She had learned to recognize the onigiri (rice balls) tuna, and then yesterday I tried it too good, so I started today. The inside is tuna with mayonnaise, and it blends really well with plain rice.
After this feast, the castle Nijo direction. Already, I was super impressed by the exterior is highly decorated:
No photos Unfortunately inside and postcards were ugly so I did not take anything. Be aware that the interior has countless rooms, all of which have painted screens. This is awesome! However, level of screen beauty, I think my favorite ones I've seen elsewhere. The castle also features a parquet-called "junk". It is specially designed to emit a noise when you walk over it to prevent an intrusion. Now, noise level, I find that the floor of my student room is higher. ^ _ ^ At the rear of the castle, there is a very nice garden style landscape
However, be aware that in all the gardens of the castle (there are several), one is obliged to follow a path indicated, all other roads are barred! I hate it! And it's very well designed: in the castle, not a single seat in the gardens 8 banks up! Not enough to rest my poor feet! Anyway, I think the castle is quite essential for Kyoto, it does not look like any other I had seen with my parents in April (Himeji and the other I do not know).
Tomorrow, unfortunately I am no longer safe enough to visit. I have to wait 11h to go to the bank with Chie to close my account, so I'm not sure I still have enough time after. To see! Anyway, I should let you post it tomorrow.
I suggest you take a look at the Picasa album, the photos are much more numerous
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