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24 August, Tuesday

• 09:10 Visit the Kinkakuji Temple (Golden Pavillon)
• 10:30 Visit the Ryoanji Temple (Rock Garden)
• 12:00 Lunch at restaurant "Shigetsu", inside Tenryuji Temple (zen food)
• 14:00 Visit Sanjusangendo National Treasure (1001 statues)
• 15:00 Visit Kiyomizu Temple
• Later, free sightseeing of the nearby of the new station. I've made a lonely trip in the district behind the station (south); there were only small houses, and a lot of human activity. Without crime, I felt good walking freely in the streets late in the night. I've eaten at the italian restaurant "Paglietta" inside the department store named "Avanti". After a small rest at the hotel, I've made another trip to the north of the hotel.

Photo	Tokyo Time	File Bytes	Where	What
	08:20	80K	Royal Rihga Hotel, Horikawa Shiokoji, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto	Breakfast on the roof of the hotel
	08:30	97K	Royal Rihga Hotel, Horikawa Shiokoji, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto	Panorama of Kyoto from the roof of the hotel, direction south-west. Here you can see the arrival of a Shinkansen
	09:15	104K	Kinkakuji Temple Kita-ku, Kyoto	Our japanese hostess of the bus (she's cute!)
	09:22	102K	Kinkakuji Temple Kita-ku, Kyoto	The Golden Pavillon was made in 1220, but was rebuilt in 1955. It's covered by golden plates. "JI" at the end of the name means "Buddist Temple". So to distinguish buddist temple from shintoist temple, look the name.
	09:49	96K	Kinkakuji Temple Kita-ku, Kyoto	If you sniff this smoke, you will be cured, your illness will disappear.
	09:50	85K	Kinkakuji Temple Kita-ku, Kyoto	Another smoll temple in the garden. It's impossible to go inside... only looking from outside!
	10:01	88K	Kinkakuji Temple Kita-ku, Kyoto	Our bus, with the emblem of the White Lion (it's a famous japanese manga, "Jungle Taitei" by Osamu Tezuka, that won the Movie Festival of Venezia in 1968. Disney copied all the story to make the Lion King)
	10:35	101K	The Rock Garden Ryoanji Temple Ukyo-ku, Kyoto	This simple rock garden, only white sand and 15 rocks, is one of the masterpieces of Japanese culture. Its simple beauty inspires philosophical meditation.
	12:07	139K	Restaurant Shigetsu Tenryuji Temple Saga, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto	Wonderful restaurant, vegetarian-only food (Zen cousine)
	12:11	84K	Restaurant Shigetsu Tenryuji Temple Saga, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto	It seems fantastic, but the taste is not good (for me).
	12:29	45K	Restaurant Shigetsu Tenryuji Temple Saga, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto	What is this? Looks like a fetus !
	12:34	173K	Restaurant Shigetsu Tenryuji Temple Saga, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto	Yuko, Keiko and Masaru - They enjoy very much their job
	12:43	230K	Restaurant Shigetsu Tenryuji Temple Saga, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto	All our women (1024x819 pixels)
	12:45	155K	Restaurant Shigetsu Tenryuji Temple Saga, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto	Mark, Julien and Josef are alive after the lunch. Thanks to Peter for the photo.
	14:30	71K	Sanjusangendo National Treasure Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto	Half of the 1001 statues
	15:20	103K	Kiyomizu Temple Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto	The stairs toward the Temple. Near the main temple there is the Jishu Shrine, famous for the Love Stone: if you reach the stone walking with your eyes closed, you will get fortune in love affairs.
	15:25	38K	Kiyomizu Temple Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto	View of the wooden structure of the temple
	15:30	116K	Kiyomizu Temple Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto	The buddist fountain. You must drink from two of the tree hurls, to obtain fortune. If you drink from all the hurls, you will get disgrace.
	18:45	111K	Kyoto Tower Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto	Beautiful image of Kyoto Tower
	20:54	65K	Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto	The protagonist of the japanese streets: the vending machine. They are everywhere. I've taken about 20 cans of beverages in two weeks spent in Japan.
	20:56	76K	Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto	Near the Rihga Royal Hotel, childrens are playing.

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