Kyoto

September 18, 2018

After a pretty good breakfast at the hotel, we started off slowly down a cycle path on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa towards Kyoto.

All packed and ready to leave the Hotel Chapel Christmas

The south-eastern side of the lake seems far less built up than the south-western side and there were many rice paddies, some of which were being harvested. The Black Kites were having a ball feeding on the insects disturbed by the combine harvesters.

Black Kites feeding on the insects disturbed by the combine harvester.

Our accommodation for the next two nights is in a studio flat near the Higashiyama area of Kyoto. After settling in and having lunch and a short rest, we headed up to the Kiyomizu-dera, a famous temple about a kilometer away.

The usual tourist route to get to the Kiyomizu temple.

We used the lesser known quiet road through the cemetry.

The temple was established some twelve hundred years ago but the current buildings date from the seventeenth century and is built from wood without using a single nail. Unfortunately, the main temple is being repaired and we could only see a small part of it.

Today's ride: 36 km (22 miles)
Total: 2,147 km (1,333 miles)

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