Day 2 : What's on in Kyoto ; Sunlight and Thousands of Temples

Continuing from the previous post; Day 1 Sendai - Kyoto , in this post you'll see what and how a lost traveler like me strolls around Kyoto right on noon in the middle of summer.. *skin getting darker mode=on ,  hahaha...

hmmm..?

you wonder how hot it was?

here I give you some examples:

 

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can you see what's that?

no?

what about now?

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yes, it's Kyoto tower, 

but because the sunlight was too strong, even my analog films were burned, since the photos has too much light exposure on it.. 

so, can you imagine how hot was Kyoto that time?

hahahaha...

 <honestly, I don't exaggerate anything this time.. *crossmyheart>

Therefore, without any preparation for such temperature, I decided to find some shelters to get away from this wild sunlight, and my choice for finding these shelters is in one of these "chessboard" alleys of Kyoto..

Remember this again?

 Chessboard of Kyoto

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And here it is, one of those alleys which I chose to shelter in, more or less looked like this:

Long, straight, never ending alley, 

but hey, at least we got some shadows in between, so I won't complaint any longer.. hahaha

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Finally after the sunlight getting much "easier" for a traveler like me to stroll around, my head suddenly can start to think again, and now (that time) I remembered (again) this Conan guy

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wutdafuq?

me again?

said something about Kyoto that one of its nicknames is a city of temple, referring to over 9000 temples that exist inside the city..

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even the local sightseeing guide map is full of temples...

ahaha..

So, I started to go and find out what's inside one of the biggest temple in Kyoto; it is the Higashi-honganji Temple:

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surrounded by gates outside, it really is a big gigantic temple.

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And here are some of the pictures inside I could take of (since some areas are prohibited to be photographically taken)

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Satisfied after watching temples here and there, my tummy starts to complain to me, so I decided to walk again a little bit, not only to witness these views :

 downtown street of Kyoto

 the city park

 all green here

 believed to be one of the busiest streets in Kyoto, but wait.. what?

 can you see and guess what's inside the pond? Comment below if you can answer it

 just ordinary collection of hats

 but then

look at the PRICE!!!

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but also to discover this:

An example from many of my favorite foods : Kyoto Kakiage Udon

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And after spending a day here, to end my journey in Kyoto, my feet starts walking to the mighty Kyoto station that located side by side to the Kyoto Tower,

diagram of Kyoto Tower

 

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busy people here and there and everywhere; it's rush hour frenzy time!

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Goodbye, Kyoto for now.. But, mark my words:  I'll be back! *terminator sound

Enrikko Hazemi here, thank you for reading.. 

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