Anyway on to more exciting things - Japan was great as always. Kyoto is still my No.1 place to visit. It's so flat and excellent for riding bikes. I love the surrounding hills, the grid street system, the river, the shopping arcades, the fabric stores and there seems to be heaps of vego/vegan places to eat (more than in Brisbane anyway). Oh and the people are super friendly and helpful.
tori gates, Fushimi Inari
bamboo forests, Arashiyama For my friend Megan's birthday we went to Arashiyama (in the western hills of Kyoto) to Tenryu-ji Zen temple and Shigetsu for Shojin-ryori (vegetarian temple food). Shigetsu is set amongst one of the oldest landscaped gardens in Japan. The food was amazing!
There is another beautiful garden and villa in Arashiyama called Okochi Sanso. It's just up a bit from Tenryu-ji. It has some seriously nice gardens with paths all covered in moss, grand views of Kyoto city and a tea ceremony room where we drank tasty Matcha.
5 comments:
Welcome home Michelle. Sounds like you had the most wonderful time and your images are simply beautiful. Hope you will post more in the not too distant future.
Oh this sounds so wonderful. Matt and I have just been standing here sighing over your photos, and telling each other that we will get to Japan one day...:)
oh oh oh ... your photos are amazing, and it sounds like you had such a great time ... like Bec Japan is definitely on my wish list and it makes my heart happy to see pics like yours ...
What great photos! Next time you come you must stop in to see me. I ham fifteen minutes from Kansai airport, just across the sea from it!
Hey Jacqui!
I will definitely come visit you next time I'm over. I plan to return when the Aussie dollar picks up. The flights are so cheap it's ridiculous.
Maybe we could go fabric shopping together : )
-Michelle.
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