Yesterday we had a whirlwind tour of five or six of the most famous sites in Kyoto. We definitely made the most of our one day here. The only disappointing thing is that, unlike in China, we weren't allowed to enter too many of these buildings. We could only look at them from the outside. And if we were allowed to enter, we couldn't take any pictures inside. The first picture is of the Golden Pavilion, the first stop on our tour, and one of the best.
The second picture was taken in front of the Heian Shrine, a Shinto shrine near our hotel. This shrine was built in the 19th Century to commemorate the 1100th anniversary of the founding of Kyoto.
The last stop on our tour was at a famous rock garden comprised of only 15 rocks. Apparently this garden is kept exactly the same way as it was when it was built in the 16th Century. When we got back to the hotel last night, we all dressed in our traditional kimonos for a Japanese dinner, which had some of the strangest food that we've had so far. (And that's saying something after what we had in China!) It was topped off by a "delicious" square of tomato-flavored gelatin, so how could you go wrong? This afternoon we're off to our last stop in Tokyo, so look for more updates from the new capital of Japan!
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