Ahoy,
Alas, our tour guide left to return to Tokyo. He left us with instructions to go visit all the shrines/temples in the touristy part of town. We promptly made our own (READ: less ambitious) plans that surrounded the subject of food.
We made our first stop to the Nishiki Market, featured on David Chang's
Mind of a Chef. I loved it - the busyness, crowdedness, tastiness. A loved the mochi. He would eat that all day, every day if he had a choice. I am not quite so smitten, which just means more for him. We walked through Gion, a district where geishas live/entertain on our way to the Kiyomizu shrine. Reviews warn of a arduous uphill climb. We were expecting something the whole time, but no incline can strike fear in my heart since encountering the hills of SF. There are lots of food/shops on the way up to the shrine, which is always fun. We were at the shrine just in time for sunset, and opted not to enter because we were all shrined out. We spotted a geisha on the way back to our hotel for dinner.
We tucked in early, promising not to tell H of our leisurely (READ: unambitious) coverage of our last day in Kyoto.
decidedly slow,
jt
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