Kyoto Day 2 - Walking tour part III

The next stop of our walk was the Choin-In temple which has one of the largest temple gates in Japan. J and D enjoyed exploring the expansive grounds, especially the temple itself where we were again took our shoes off and we were allowed to take photos inside.

Past Choin was a smaller temple with beautiful painted screens and gardens. People must have been shorter when it was built since A hit his head on the doorframe. Ouch! The grounds made up for it though as we found more carp and a bamboo forest.

We were ready for a late lunch at this point and then headed back to the hotel where D got a nap. Dinner was an interesting experience as we had ramen noodles which were nothing like college ramen noodles. You picked out your meal outside of the shop and bought a ticket. You then handed the waitress the ticket and sat down to wait for your meal. Like all of our meals in Kyoto, we enjoyed it.