Trip to Japan Part 3 Kyoto

My wife and I visited Kyoto with good old friends of ours, Shihoko &Yuichi Maruyama.  The last time I visited Kyoto was about 48 years ago.  I was a grade 11 high school kid.  Amazing.  There were lot of new discoveries especially excellent sake and foods.  I'm getting old enough to enjoy them.  These are some photos from Kyoto.  We started from the Kyoto Train Station, of course.

We arrived late afternoon, so the first thing we did was looking for a good dinning spot in old section of Kyoto.  We did find a really nice place.  Next day we visited some old temples and hike around the northern section of Kyoto.  The first buddhist temple was Tenryuji, a UN world heritage site.

 With our friends strolled the temple's garden.

 We were sitting inside of temple looking at the garden.  Quiet and beautiful!

 Sakura trees were still blooming adding to the beauty of the garden.

 We were strolling along the famous Kamo River and found this place for lunch.  Foods were excellent.  You can tell from my face that I drunk little sake wine.

Although Bamboo forests need a lot of maintenance, they grow very well here in Kyoto.  At the end of day walk along the river with cherry blossoms.  I will post more Kyoto photos in next blog.