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After a restful night's sleep, I encounter breakfast (which was much cheaper at 1000yen) and to my relief, I could tell what I was eating for the most part :) and it was good!

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Good moring Kyoto! They ryokan people saw fit to point out to me that the temple you cannot see behind the trees in this picture is where they filmed the staircase scene from the last samurai... again...

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My first temple of the day... this is actually a gate. Interestingly enough, temple gates in japan are kinda like time warps or holes in the space time continum

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Cause on one side of the gate you have this...

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and on the other side you see this...

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No, you don't drink from here... you use the water to rinse your hands and your mouth if you so please to purify yourself before you enter the sacred grounds... (some of my more unwitting american aquaintances have been drinking from these)

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We have arrived at the temple! Time to spend money on omikuji (fortunes) that I can't read, but my general fortune is pretty good as is my romance fortune (haha I'll believe that when I see it!) If you get a bad one, tie it to something at the temple to dampen the bad luck

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Relaxing gardens... too bad I'm on a schedule today... and it's the hottest day in Kyoto all year ;;

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Shrubbery!

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Nature is not complete in Japan without a vending machine...

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Quaint little town they have here...

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Tea gardens that you order tea and relax at...

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Hrm... remember what I said about the stair mentality?

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Big bell... I hear they arrest crazy gaijin that go up and try to ring it.

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Giant Budda! and my very own inscense stick... all for 300 yen... what a steal.

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The buddha looms ominously... I'm halfway up a moutain now... all via stairs

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I put my inscense down... Being jet lagged has it's advantages, I'm one of the few people who have made it here today.

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Ok let's climb our way to my most frequented temple in all of Japan, Kyomisudera! (I think I've been here more times than I can count)

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Aaahh natsukashi... the entrance

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It's really pretty out here... 95% up the mountain :)

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And you see that in the distance? that's where I walked from :P

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Here's the part where people try to drink water that comes out of one of the 3 spouts... it's what Kyomisudera is famous for (Kyomisudera means Pure water temple) One of the spouts gives long life, one gives good fortune, and one gives good luck in love... But for love, you go to the temple of love and matchmaking next door :)

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I love omamori(protetive good luck charms)... there is one for everything. I think the disaster once is useful :)

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