On Tuesday, my friend and Iceaxemen student from Eugene, Heidi Ma, came to visit. Yesterday, she and I went to Kyoto and spent an incredible day exploring the old castles and shrines. Kyoto is a phenomenal city, rich in history. One of the monuments we went to was built to honor the fallen foreign soldiers of WWII. Another, Kiyomizu Temple, was shockingly beautiful. It was built in 700 A.D.. Mind you, all of these temples were built without the use of nails...
To close our day, we visited the Geisha district. Wonderful narrow, winding streets and quaint tea houses, pottery houses, cafes and shops...
Japan is charming!
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