Up at 08:00, down to breakfast for cereal and yoghurt again then took the bus to the Golden temple, which was packed with tourists again. I came here 10 years ago and it wasn’t as busy.
The weather was overcast and lightly raining but managed to get plenty of photos. The temple is where the bones of the top Buddhist monks are kept. Wandered around in the gardens then walked 20 minutes to a zen rock garden and temple. If you like temples, Kyoto is the place to be. The garden was a bit of a let down to be honest, just one small area. The temple had nightingale floors – they squeak as you walk on them, to stop silent assassins apparently.
Set off to walk the 20 minutes back but there was a bus stop with buses going back to the city so got on one.
Got off at the Kyoto train station and went to a Starbucks for coffee then to a conveyor belt sushi place again for lunch. Filled up, then thought about going to old Kyoto but decided to just go back to the hotel and relax, we still have tomorrow here and the weather is supposed to be a bit better.
Chilled in the room for a while then went down to the bar for the free drink and to upload the photos – the internet in the room was really slow, but fine in the bar. If I wanted to, I bet I could probably download torrents as well.
Back to the room and sleep.
