Kyoto: Day 2

Day two was a day full of thought, that is to say i walked along the "Path of Philosophy," (above photo) and ducked into a few temples along the way. This path is on the eastern side of Kyoto and starts with Ginkakujin (silver pavilion) and goes down to Nanzenji, one of my favorite places in Kyoto. The path is a nice walk and has nice scenery; however with a name like "Path of philosophy" you would expect a more naturistic (is that a word?) path. Don't get me wrong, it is really nice walk and you are next to a stream, but to be honest the real nice part about it is all the temples and shrines along the way.

I actually didn't start at the very top but instead started with the next place down, the Honen shrine. it kind of small (compared to some of the more famous places) but just as if not more beautiful than a lot of places I have seen. check it out for yourself.




next i had a really interesting an cool experience, I go to see a normal Japanese person transformed into a maiko (similar to geisha but don't ask me what the differences are, but if you know, please comment about it). I was in Kyoto from the 18h-23rd and actually one of my friends was also in Kyoto from the 18th-20th. She had told me that she was going to do this and I asked if it was ok to go and take photos and she said it was ok. overall it was really amazing and interesting to see all the preparation and technique and the final product. also it seems almost impossible (coming from a guys point of view anyway) not to mess up the make up after it is all said and done with. afterwards we had about 15 minutes where we could walk around and take some photos, but anyway check out the photos.

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as always, check out the gallery for more photos.