And we found this restaurant, Hamac de Paradis Vie, on the 3rd floor. I believe this building space used to be a bank. Every time I come back to Kyoto, I find new buildings, shops, etc, and I feel a bit lost... |
I believe 15 or so different kinds of vegetables were used. I enjoyed different taste and texture of each vegetable. |
My husband ordered the Hamburg steak set. This was just OK. |
At the end of the street is Yasaka Shrine. My husband likes to walk from here to Kiyomizu-dera Temple, so we always come here when we are in Kyoto. |
I always wash my hands before I pray at shrines. |
This is the stage for dancing. |
Then we kept walking to Maruyama Park adjacent to the shrine. |
In the park is Chouraku-kan, a European style building built in 1909 (designed by J.M. Gardiner) as a mansion for Kichibei Murai, a Japanese entrepreneur (tobacco business). This mansion is now used as hotel/restaurants/café. I have never got inside. Maybe I should try one of its restaurants next time. |
We passed the park and kept walking. This is the entrance to Otani Sobyo (tomb of monk Shinran), but we did not visit. |
The steeple of Gion-kan can be seen in this picture. |
Oni (an imaginary Japanese monster) on the roof. |
Finally we came to Kodai-ji Zen-Temple. |
We paid the fee at the reception, and got in. We had a nice view. We could see Gion-kaku clearly. |
The roof tiles were engraved with the name of the temple. |
Iho-an (small room where tea ceremonies were held). |
Reception Hall and Engetsu-chi. |
The long corridor (?) connecting Reception Hall and Kaisan-do. |
Garden in front of Main Hall. |
Garyoro. |
Kasa-tei. |
Beautiful green of the bamboos. |
There were many historical buildings/gardens and exhibitions in those buildings. I really enjoyed this visit. |
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