(Cost varies but we heard it costs anywhere between $2,000-5,000 for four hours! Yikes!)
Totally a must see! Great views of Kyoto and simply stunning architecutre!
There are a lot of great districts of Kyoto but the one you can't miss is the Gion District. It's absolutely amazing with traditional Japanese architecture, geishas (if you can spot one!), green tea everything, temples/shrines and lots of touristy hodge podge to buy. Spotted... a geisha! Not sure what was going on though...she was sitting with this lovely gentlemen, getting pulled on a rickshaw and stopping every few steps to take a picture....over and over again. Strange but hey, I guess if you pay that much to hang out with a geisha you might as well take millions of pictures to remember every.single.moment. (Cost varies but we heard it costs anywhere between $2,000-5,000 for four hours! Yikes!) Checking out touristy junk everywhere. Yes, I did get the umbrella below because I was so in LOVE with it (at that moment). Please don't ask me if it has seen the light of day since....but I will look so cool walking around with it with when the time comes. Mom got a fan that hasn't seen the light of day either...she is waiting for that hot day to bring it out. Ha! Such TOURISTS! The best part of the Gion district is the Kiyomizudera Temple. Totally a must see! Great views of Kyoto and simply stunning architecutre! Before we made our way to this lovely view below, we followed a huge group of tourists into the basement of another temple. We had no idea what we were doing or where we were going, just simply following the group. We paid 300 Yen, took off our shoes, and followed the crowd into a pitch dark basement. Pitch dark! You were able to hold onto a rope and follow the crowd, such a strange experience. We probably wondered around the basement for a good ten minutes and then came up to a lit up stone. We had no clue what was going on, everything was in Japanese! Turns out, (after researching it just now) the hall is called Zuigudo Hall, it's dedicated to Buddha’s mother (Daizuigu Bosatsu) and is designed to symbolize a mother’s womb. You are supposed to make a wish when you see the lit up stone and your wish will be granted. We didn't wish for anything... I guess maybe just light...so by paying 300 yen our wish came true! We saw light at the end of the tunnel. Once again, big time tourists!
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