Miki d'Japan 2 Part Three B -Kyoto: Zen in the City

The next day I said "bye-bye" to Toji-an-I do NOT recommend the place, btw., if you are able to find smthing cheaper or just a bit more expensive then 2000yen/night

I went to the bike-rent again and got the red bicycle, which also served me very well:

I decided to go western side of the city, Arashiyama, all along the line of hills. I thought I saw enough of temples, how surprised I'd be if I'd know it was hardly even the beginning, and the best is yet to come.
But, at first, I visited this huge one, 5 min from railway station, north, following the bus towards the center:

The BIG one is obviously renovated-see how the Japanese are doing it!

I like these doors od the temples, so ancient look:

And all this along such streets, yes! Btw, Japan is left-side ride, so I proved myself I can drive (bike!) in such circumstances and survive. I HAD international insurance this time, so my kids would get something in case I'd do some wrong move ;-). Luckily, in Japan drivers recognise someone walking on two legs as a human being, and take care not to override it. In difference to Taiwanese drivers who, when seeing something on 2 legs, think it is something to hunt for and you in general have to play the "run rabbit run" game.

I commented how well they include old architecture in new...find the temple is the game!

This one (left corner) did not have berette (you saw "Hana Bi"?)

Entrance to something BIG-I was driving, got lost, searched on the map and saw closeby is something big, well, it would be not speaking well of me if I'd miss this one ;-)

Beautiful day, indeed

The most beautiful couple I saw recently, both of them vere delicious, here you understand notion of beauty of the body and style, and their moves were really ... japanese. My bow, and I wish them many many equally beautiful kids.

Inside was beautiful garden

As said, this is IN the city

I went further, land of gardens, yes

I could put now few tens of nice pics, but will try to be informative, rather.

Hold on, the best is still to come! Tourism is hard work, they should pay the tourists for it!

In some places you can not go beyond the entrance, here in fact I understood THEY were strong, not humble at all. Hierarchy rules everywhere.

Rich place, yes

Here are postal addresses of some of them

He Himself was there. Strange guy he had to be to stuck here. I would stay with Freud and Reich on this.

Just a remembrance how these meditating guys saw it. I agree, such graphics gives very good the spirit of the place, I found this in one webpage about zen illustrations, http://web.terebess.hu/zen/sato.html:

Interior of one of secluded places. Khm. I could meditate here, also.

We are still in the city, do not forget!
Yes. Miki was there.

Let's meditate...

OK, time to go shopping! I need to drink something, after so many tranquile places!

Shrines are really embedded in the city

As said, the best is to come. No comments.

Follow me into one shrine:

Well, it is important to know how to bend your back, hehe, plot from one of the holy places. Study it carefully, kid!

But, girls wait for something completely different, few kilometers away, Life is going on!

This was the city of Kyoto. It came out as rather lenghty tour with me, I hope you enjoyed it. Be sure to go there in your poor lifes. Zen is good for old turtles and strange guys, there are more interesting things to do in life ;-)

Next, and the last part will be Tokyo2.