Results tagged “Taxis” from Eurasia 2012

Pretty quiet day today.

View from our hotel room window
View from our hotel room window

Slept in (til 9:18! gah!!). Had a slow start, then wandered up to the station. Got some breakfast at Lotteria, and activated Stu's JR pass.

Then we headed up to Kyoto. It was actually about midday by this point. On the way we looked out the window and it was *pouring* down rain. Great, we didn't bring wet weather gear because the weather forecast was for 10% chance of rain. hrmmmmm.

Shinkansen trains at Settsu
Shinkansen trains at Settsu

Rain on the windows
Rain on the windows

At Kyoto we actually had trouble finding the right station exit, which is a first, we've never had problems before. Then we needed to find a toiley. Then it was raining some more so we stopped for more coffee for the sweetie. After 1pm now.

At this point the sweetie thought we should catch a taxi to Kiyomizu-dera, rather than walk or (heaven forbid) negotiate the buses (the sweetie hates buses, and Kyoto buses are a special form of hell). Wasn't too bad, only ~1100 yen.

So Kiyomizu-dera. The rain had stopped so was a relatively pleasant, although slightly humid, wander around the place. Queued to have a drink from Otowa spring.

Nio-mon (Kiyomizudera Temple)
Nio-mon (Kiyomizudera Temple)

Bell at Kiyomizu-dera
Bell at Kiyomizu-dera

Covered walkway at Kiyomizu-dera
Covered walkway at Kiyomizu-dera

Kiyomizu-dera temple area
Kiyomizu-dera temple area

Queue up to Otowa Waterfall
Queue up to Otowa Waterfall

Buddha at Kiyomizu-dera
Buddha at Kiyomizu-dera

The Stage of Kiyomizu-dera
The Stage of Kiyomizu-dera

Kiyomizu-dera
Kiyomizu-dera

View towards Kyoto from Kiyomizu-dera temple
View towards Kyoto from Kiyomizu-dera temple

Kiyomizu-dera
Kiyomizu-dera

Kiyomizu-dera
Kiyomizu-dera

Three-Story Pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera
Three-Story Pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera

Otowa Waterfall
Otowa Waterfall

Pond at Kiyomizu-dera
Pond at Kiyomizu-dera

Tortoises at Kiyomizu-dera
Tortoises at Kiyomizu-dera

Then wandered back down the hill.

View to Kyoto over Otani Cemetery
View to Kyoto over Otani Cemetery

Walked up to Gion and by this point it was about to start raining again. We went looking for somewhere to eat but most things (that we saw) were closed, it being nearly 3:30pm. That and they hide restaurants in this place so they're not easy to find. After walking all the way through we gave up and walked all the way back to Starbucks and had a sandwich. Oh well.

Gate to Yasaka Shrine
Gate to Yasaka Shrine

We were tired so caught another taxi back to the station, and back to Osaka.

Australian wine advert
Australian wine advert

Shinkansen at Kyoto station
Shinkansen at Kyoto station

Rested for a while. I went out and got some random food from the place we got some food from in 2009 which is just a kitchen with a counter at the front.

Japanese coins
Japanese coins


Distance covered on the GPS: 91.9 km
Steps walked: 12534
Photos on the Canon: 56
Photos on the Sony: 26
Videos: 0