2020 January Japan. 1/7/20 part 1 - Kyoto Higashiyama sites (plus)

1) Fushimi Inari Taisha - Uka-no-Mitama-no-kami Shinto Shrine
- Apparently it was not as a big of a tourist attraction until Trip Advisor made it so
2) Kiyomizudera - Buddhist temple dedicated to Kannon + Jishu shinto shrine (marriage)
3) Sannenzaka / ninenzaka - pedestrian sloping road
4) Kodaiji - Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism temple (Hideyoshi Toyotomi + Kodai-in Otamaya mausoleum)
5) Yasaka Shrine - Susano'o (+Kushinadahime + offsprings) Shinto Shrine
6) Streets of Gion - "old" downtown Kyoto (+Geisha school)
7 Lunch) Mimikou - Curry udon
8) Toji Temple - Shingon Buddhist temple
9) Sanjusangen-do - Tendai Buddhist temple
10) Nishi and higashi Honganji - Joudo Shinshuu (Pure Land Buddhism) temples
11) Kyoto downtown Aeon mall + Kaitensushi (late afternoon snack)

1) Fushimi Inari Taisha
 2. Kiyomizudera


Jishu shrine

 3) Sannenzaka / ninenzaka - studio ghibli "store"



4) Kodaiji

Yasaka Shrine

 5) Yasaka Shrine




 6) Streets of Gion - "old" downtown Kyoto
Geisha school

7 Lunch) Mimikou - Curry udon

9) Sanjusangen-do


10) higashi Honganji

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