Japan - More of Kyoto

One of the big adventures of the trip was the hike to Kurama-dera, Kurama Onsen and spa. We took a train out of town for 20 minutes and had to hike over a bigger ridge than we imagined. After many "kanichiwaaa"s it was very worth the effort.

The temple




The spa and dinner

That night on the train back to Kyoto, the lights went out for about a mile and the train slowly cruised, to many oooos and aaahs, past orange lanterns lit along the side of the tracks.
Characteristically, Serena was hungry walking back to the ryokan. I'm always game for another culinary adventure so when we saw this display we had to check it out.

It turned out ot be a bar food experience we had been looking for with tempura and raw dipping cabbage.


Text and pictures © 2008 Mona E. Dunn