Kyoto...land of a thousand temples

After Osaka, we headed to Kyoto for several days. The first day we just took it easy seeing a few temples and eating a nice dinner. The next day we hit the temples with a passion that slowly dwindled after about 20 or so....We then decided if we were to see the rest of what we wanted, we had to get some wheels, so we rented bikes and saw the rest of the sites on our list. Here are a few highlights.



Kyoto station

Nijojo and a fountain at Jishu-jinja

Heian-jingu

Unknown temple and Ryozen Kannon

Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) and Jishu-jinja

Heian-jingu and Fushimiinari-taisha

Gion Yakatori bar and a Maiko (Geisha in training)

Yasaka Pagoda

We cycled over 26K in one day to see all that we could see. It was all worth it, but somehow we forgot that we were to climb Fujisan the next day...