This last weekend was a holiday weekend, so Marla and I went to Kyoto and then to Nara. This was my third time to Kyoto, but I like that city so I will probably go back many more times. Even though the weather was pretty miserable the first day, the weekend was good overall. One the first day we did some shopping and saw Kiyomizu Dera. Going to the temple was a little less fun than it could have been because of the rain, but shopping was still good. Luckily it stopped raining the next day and we were able to go to Inari and Arashiyama, which are outside Kyoto itself. In Inari we saw a temple with a 4km path of torii. Then at Arashiyama we saw the bamboo forest and the monkey park. Marla was pretty scared of the monkeys, but I don’t really see why. After that we headed to Nara, which I will write about next. Here are the pictures:
December 27, 2007 at 2:04 am |
Marla, I definitely would have been afriad of the monkeys as well … I’m also very impressed with the picture of you soo close to the deer .. I’m pretty sure I would have been afriad of those too! …lol … Anyway … looks like you guys are having a great time! .. Merry Christmas!!! =)
December 27, 2007 at 10:09 am |
haha..for some reason the deer seemed pretty tame, although i’m sure they could do some damage if they wanted too…the monkeys though were terrifying, no matter what drew says…there was actually a warning (in english- so you know its important) to not stare the monkeys in the eye…that made me a little wary…
January 6, 2008 at 12:18 pm |
Hey Drew, hows it going in Japan? or is this Marla? It’s Uncle Joe saying hi. Hope you had a good christmas. Everything is good here. Joe