A trip to Kyoto

School was not going to start before Friday September 20 and the orientation events stoped on the Friday beforehand. So we have almost a week for ourselves. I, then, decided to travel and really wanted to go to the most Japanese cultural town on Earth, Kyoto. I was joined by three other girls.

First of all, I thought we booked a regular hostel, but it was a capsule hotel. I did not know what to expect when I was moving up in the elevator towards it. Finally, the place was extremely clear, kind of luxurious and although the “room” was a capsule. It was very comfortable and sis not feel like one.

We spent four days in Kyoto. We had time to go to so many temples, I do not have enough time to talk about all of them. So here is a sum up. There was too many people and it was not as spectacularry as I expected to be, for the most well-known temples, Kinkaku-ji. My favorite temple was Ginkaku-ji, because of its large forest and the trail that goes around it. And I guess like everybody who has been there, I completely loved the shrine Fushimi Inari-taisha. When you are there, you can not stop wondering how they did this. It was already hard enough to carry my body all around the trail how did they carry all these dedications ?

I really had a wonderful time in Kyoto. It is truly a place to see to discover more about th Japanese culture and beauty.