Thankfully Kyoto is only a 30 minute train ride from Osaka. The whole city is littered with temples and shrines in every direction. It would probably take more than a week to see them all so I picked out the three best from a hostel mates recommendations:
Rokuon-Ji Temple (the Golden Pavilion), Ginkakuji Temple (Zen temple) and Kiyomizu Temple which both have greet views overlooking the city as well as great wooden architecture.
Also visited Nijo Castle which I enjoyed more than all the Castles I saw in Europe. It has a simple elegance with master craftsmanship and is atheistically pleasing which all give it a sense of tranquility and peace...in turn a feeling of comfort.
Come to think of it the whole of Kyoto has that feel of comfort through uniformity.
Rokuon-Ji Temple (the Golden Pavilion), Ginkakuji Temple (Zen temple) and Kiyomizu Temple which both have greet views overlooking the city as well as great wooden architecture.
Also visited Nijo Castle which I enjoyed more than all the Castles I saw in Europe. It has a simple elegance with master craftsmanship and is atheistically pleasing which all give it a sense of tranquility and peace...in turn a feeling of comfort.
Come to think of it the whole of Kyoto has that feel of comfort through uniformity.
you sound like an art historian. haha. and i like how you're eating all the foods we would get hear from a teriyaki shop. :) have you tried anything new over there that we don't have in the states?
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