Today we woke up and mapped out our travels to hit the three locations on our wish list: Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine, Tofuku-ji Temple and the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest. Just a heads up we did not make it to Arashiyama. We ended up spending a huge amount of time at Inari, which was a lot bigger than we thought it was going to be as well as running into some navigation issues in finding a viable way to actually get to Arashiyama. Long story short, we were unable to read some crucial maps due to being in japanese as we were deeper into the subway system than what seems most tourists venture as english was becoming fewer and farther between for us. We made a call to scrap the endeavor and head to Gion instead. Ok now let’s break down the day. First we headed out to Inari, which was a very short train ride from Kyoto Station. When we got off the train here we felt more like we were in the thick of Kyoto, as opposed to more well kept stations. I say that because the train station was very small and looked more like an afterthought just to […]
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