Day 13 Part 2: Good bye Kyoto and arrive in Hiroshima

Thank you for having us stay at the Japanese INN 

Wonderful tine in Kyoto!

This is our stay in Hiroshima !  Red Helmet Inn

Day 13: More temples and Nintendo Museum

We are in Kyoto Area 

9-10　Visit Higashi Honganji Temple  Visi

10-1 Freetime  in Kyoto station area

1-4  Visit Nintendo Museum

Higashi Honganji (East Honganji) was built only eleven years after and a few street blocks east of Nishi Honganji as the head temple of the Otani faction of Jodo-shin Buddhism. Its main hall, the Goeido is Kyoto's largest wooden structure and dedicated to Shinran, the sect's founder. Next to it and almost as large is the Amidado Hall, dedicated to the Amida Buddha.

in front of Higashi-honganji Temple

 Nintendo Museum: 

The Nintendo Museum opened in October 2024 on the site of a former factory of the Kyoto-based entertainment company. It is located in Uji City, a short train ride south of Kyoto.

The museum introduces the company's history. It displays the various products offered over the decades since the company's beginnings as a toy maker producing playing cards in 1889. Interactive sections let visitors play various games with an initial amount of "coins" included with the admission ticket and the ability to purchase additional coins.

 

Day 12 Part 2: Meditation at Manpukuji and Kyoto night

 　　　4−５pm Practice meditationat Manpukuji-Temple

           6-10 pm Enjoy the Kyoto night view

An old Zen Buddhist temple called Wanfu Temple lies on Mount Huangbo in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. Its abbot Yinyuan Longqi, who is known as Ingen Zenji (Zen-master Ingen) in Japanese, visited Japan and founded Obaku-san Manpuku-ji (which shares the same Chinese character as Huangbo-shan, Wanfu-si) in Uji, Kyoto in 1661.
Manpuku-ji was built with Sumatran teak and is an absolutely rare Japanese temple since it remains very well as it was at the time of its construction, and most of the buildings are designated as Important Cultural Properties.

Mason is getting "keisaku"  flat, wooden "encouragement stick" used during seated meditation (zazen). It is not a punishment. Instead, it serves as a mindful tool to awaken the mind, alleviate physical stiffness, and correct posture

A couple of nigh views of Kyoto

Day 12 Part 1: Kiyomizu Temple and Fushimi Inari.

We are in Kyoto Area 

9-10:30  Visit KiyomizuTemple

12-1  Eat lunch at Kyoto Station

1-3pm Visit Fushimi Shrine

at the gate of Kyomizu temple

Kiyomizu-dera (Pure Water Temple) is one of Kyoto’s most iconic and celebrated UNESCO World Heritage sites. Founded in 778 in the eastern Higashiyama hills, it is most famous for its massive wooden stage that juts out over the hillside, offering sweeping, panoramic views of the city

Try the Kyomi water!

Lunch at  Nakau Restaurant

At Fushimi Inari

A way to Mt. Ianari

We made to the top of the Mt. Inari!

Day 11 Part 2: Tech High School visit

  In the evening we visited the Jyoko Tech HS after our trip to Nara. 

Day 11 Part 1: Osaka Castle and the Great Buddha in Nara

 We are in Osaka Area 

9-10:30  Visit  Osaka Castle

12-1  Eat lunch at Nara

1-3pm Visit The Great Buddha Nara

Emma:he castle was so beautiful and learning all about Osaka’s history was so interesting.

Lilah:The Osaka Castle was so beautiful and full of history, it still feels unreal that people from so long ago walked where we did, they even had the original scripts of writing in the museum!

 Eric:this morning at the castle was very beautiful and relaxing. The hills were way too steep but the views at the top were definitely worth it.

Ben:Osaka castle was such a fascinating historical landmark with rich history and cultural significance

Txuj Ci :Osaka Castle was massive and just walking up to the building took 10 minutes. The inside of it was extremely impressive with the massive history this place holds as well as all of the records that were stored there.

We are in Nara!

Todai-ji Temple's Daibutsuden ("Great Buddha Hall") is an impressive wooden structure, measuring about 57 meters wide, 50 meters deep, and 48 meters tall, and is renowned as one of the largest wooden buildings in the world. Although the current hall, rebuilt in the Edo period, is still massive, it was even larger when originally constructed.

At the back right of the Great Buddha Hall, behind the giant Buddha statue, there's a pillar with a hole said to be the size of the Buddha's nostril.