SO, after we cleaned off all the maiko makeup we made our way to the last few sights in Kyoto that we intended to see. We already had a shinkansen ride scheduled back to Nagoya so it was just a matter of filling in our time. We walked from Studio Shiki towards Yasaka Jinja which is one of the older shrines/temples in the area.
After that, we jumped on a bus and headed back towards Nijou Castle. We had enough time to see it today! It was absolutely beautiful…. Most of the floors were “Nightingale Floors” that had little metal supports under them. They squeaked like little birds when you walked on them! We had a lot of fun jumping up and down on them to listen to them but there were far too many people so we couldn’t test our stealthiness and see if we could successfully walk down the corridors without making a sound. Hahah. Not likely…� There was also a beautiful garden with many varieties of camellia (“Tsubaki” in Japanese) which I absolutely loved….
We made our way back to Kyoto station which is a HUGE contrast to the traditional architecture of Kyoto. And it’s also just a huge building too.� :-)� It’s very modern looking and full of glass and steel. A bajillion escalators too.
Wow, and that was the end of Kyoto!!!!� We took the train back to Nagoya and relaxed for a whole day and a half before we were off and running again to Kanazawa!