After leaving the train station, we hopped on the bus along with thousands of school kids all over the city. Our first stop was
Sanjusangen-do, officially called Rengeo-in temple and considered a National Treasure in Japan. It was a very long temple and housed 1001 Buddhist statues. I wasn't allowed to take pictures inside the temple; I suggest checking out the link to see the statues.
There was a plaque inside that talked of archery contests where contestants would fire thousands of arrows in one sitting. The top archer shot 13,000 at the rate of 9 per minute!
Jane and I stopped for a photo near the temple gates before heading to
Kiyomizu Temple, a shrine up for the title of the
New 7 Wonders of the World. It was pretty and it was a beautiful day...
Inside it was much like the other shrines and temples we saw throughout the week, though they did have what they called the "love rock". Apparently if you could walk from one rock to the other with your eyes closed without tripping and such, love was headed your way. Or your love was pure. Or something like that. It was lost in translation. There were too many people there to try it out anyway.
It was at this temple that we had our first fans, too. The kids tested their hand at English and Jane spoke to them in Japanese. Cute kids (and yes, they all wear uniforms).
There was a plaque inside that talked of archery contests where contestants would fire thousands of arrows in one sitting. The top archer shot 13,000 at the rate of 9 per minute!
Jane and I stopped for a photo near the temple gates before heading to Kiyomizu Temple, a shrine up for the title of the New 7 Wonders of the World. It was pretty and it was a beautiful day...
Inside it was much like the other shrines and temples we saw throughout the week, though they did have what they called the "love rock". Apparently if you could walk from one rock to the other with your eyes closed without tripping and such, love was headed your way. Or your love was pure. Or something like that. It was lost in translation. There were too many people there to try it out anyway.
It was at this temple that we had our first fans, too. The kids tested their hand at English and Jane spoke to them in Japanese. Cute kids (and yes, they all wear uniforms).
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