Hello!! Skipping forward to last night’s little adventure with Mari. There was a chanting ceremony at a nearby temple so we decided to walk on over to check it out. Maureen stayed home to rest after our busy day.
Mari found a great spot to have some dinner as we were early for the event.
I love tonkatsu!!
We decided against the bus. I did have my sturdy heels on but thought I would be ok. Wanted to look slightly nicer than my grotty hiking shoes.
Chion-in temple looked amazing lit up at night. But the line to go in was really long so Mari decided to try to sneak into the back way to check it out but….the security guard caught us!! He politely directed us back down apologising to us the whole time!!!!
So…we went on a random night walk.
It’s amazing what you just come across walking around.
I think this is Yakushiji.
Everything looks so much better and more dramatic at night.
see the lantern top row, third black writing back from the right? That’s the sign for Koichis traditional shoe shop that is in Gion!!
I am going to have to drag Maureen along here one evening when we are not too tired… although Mari has told me what bus to get so there is less walking. (Plus wearing the heels wasn’t my greatest life choices yesterday but I soldiered on!!!)
And to finish up we walked through the Gion district which is so old and traditional!! We came across a couple of Maiko (Geisha)!!! I got some terrible photos but I didn’t want to be all fan-girl and rude so didn’t get all close and obvious. I’ll post them below anyway!
Xxx.
