Today was our full day in Kyoto and we had a lot to do.  By the end of the day we would walk over 11 miles.  Our first stop was Arashiyama. Arashiyama: The first time we were in Japan, and Kyoto for the matter, we intended to go to Arashiyama, but between a mixture of losing daylight, misunderstanding the subway map and the threat of rain, we decided to save it for our return trip, which we made sure to hit this time around.  To get to Arashiyama we started out taking the subway from Kawaramachi Station to Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station, followed by a brief walk to Randen Tenjingawa Station which we then boarded a single-car train to Arashiyama Station.  During the ride we meandered through very narrow thoroughfares surrounded by Kyoto city where the buildings came right up to the edges of the tracks.  Once we arrived in Arashiyama we were amidst vast crowds of travelers both japanese and international.  The streets, on either side were overflowing from the amount of people, but we found our way through them and with them to the bamboo forest for which Arashiyama is well known.  We’ve seen many pictures of the forest […]
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