Day 12 - Kyoto, first day
On Tuesday we left Akame for Kyoto. Arriving in mid-morning, we dropped off our luggage at the hotel and went to Ginkaku-ji (the Silver Temple). We then walked along the Philospher's Walk, visiting a Shinto Shrine and Buddhist temple along the way.
Breakfast at the Taisenkaku Hot Spring Ryokan of Akame.
Breakfast
Ginkaku-ji - the Silver Pavilion & gardens
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The Philosopher's Path
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Ootoya-jinja
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Nanzen-ji - the Sanmon (gateway)
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View looking west from the Nanzen-ji Sanmon entrance gate
View looking west from the Nanzen-ji Sanmon entrance gate.
View looking north from the Nanzen-ji Sanmon entrance gate.
View looking north from the Nanzen-ji Sanmon entrance gate
View of the Tenju-an Temple from the Nanzen-ji Sanmon entrance gate
View of the Tenju-an Temple from the Nanzen-ji Sanmon entrance gate.
Nanzen-ji - the gardens
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The Toshogu Shrine.
Built in 1628 it is one of a number which honour Tokugawa Ieyasu and is in the same style as the one in Nikko where he is (probably) buried.
Toshogu Shrine - to Tokugawa Ieyasu
Takayama Hikokuro (1747-1793) was a samurai of the Edo period. His statue outside Sanjō Station in Kyoto is often referred to as “the dogeza statue”. Dogeza is the deepest type of kneeling bow only used for the most serious apologies. After arriving in Kyoto, Hikokuro was so taken aback by the Imperial Palace’s dilapidated state that he then and there bowed deeply to it.
The imperialist faction that eventually restored the Emperor to power erected this statue in his honour in 1868.
Takayama Hikokuro