Saturday, January 27, 2007






We spent the rest of the day in Western Kyoto, which is much less popular with tourists, with a couple of exceptions. The temple of Daitoku-ji was quite empty, and with good reason. It's a very large complex, but it's weirdly arranged, with two dozen self-contained small temples inside a huge compound. And most of these are closed to visitors, so most of the time you're just walking outside walls. But if you're ever in the neighborhood, keep an eye out for the monk in the doorway at left. He runs the temple he's standing in, and he's very eager to talk and quite entertaining.

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