Day 5 -
- (Raku) Bus to Ginkakuji
- Ginkakuji
- Walk along Philosopher’s Path to Nanzenji
- From Nanzenji walk to Keage Subway Station
- Keage Subway Station
- Karasuma Oike Subway Station
- Kyoto Subway Station
- Lunch
- JR Kyoto Station
- Otsukyo Station (Shiga)
- Walk to Oumi Jingu
- Oumi Jingu
- Walk back to Otsukyo Station
- JR Kyoto Station
- Dinner
- end of day.
Places visited -
- Ginkakuji
- Philosopher’s Path
- Nanzenji
- Omi Jingu
Today is the day I tackle heading out of Kyoto, to Shiga. First up is Ginkakuji in Kyoto though.
Took a bus directly to Ginkakuji from the bus terminal in front of Kyoto station.
Ginkakuji from the side
Pond
Why the bus and not walking from Nanzenji? One reason is to conserve energy. The other reason will become evident in the photos that follow.
Kogetsudai
Part of the sand garden. Looks great.
Sand garden
Sand garden
The panorama for the sand garden will be in a future post in the Hiromi in Kyoto series.
The garden
Pond
Moss!
I wonder how to grow them moss…
Overview of Ginkakuji and surroundings
I like the above photo a lot. You can see that there aren’t any really tall buildings in Kyoto. You can easily see the surrounding mountains from almost any point in Kyoto city which is quite wonderful. Besides the overly tall Kyoto Tower, you can see how it stands out in the Kiyomizu dera post on Day 4.
Overview of Ginkakuji
Another overview
Ginkakuji
Surroundings
The trees on the mountain
A section of the roof
And out…
…we go.
You exit the way you entered.
Philosopher’s Path next.
Philosopher’s Path
Its a narrow path
The water is very clear
Nope no fabulous cherry blossoms, its way past peak period.
There’re places to sit for a short rest
You can walk on the road running alongside the path too.
the path
Sitting down for a rest.
Duck goes by
Walked through Nanzenji headed for Keage station. It was about lunch time so, back to hotel for lunch and a short rest before heading out to Shiga.
Omi Jingu in Part 2.