Day 2: Osaka-Nara-Kyoto-Toyohashi
Day 2: Osaka-Nara-Kyoto-Toyohashi
First destination of the day was to Nara, the old capital of Japan. The journey took 1 ½ hours. In Nara, we visited the Nara Deer Park and Todaiji Temple. The temple is ranked as one of the biggest wooden structure in the world.
Before the Japanese pray in the temple, they will have to wash their hand and mouth to cleanse the bad things away. First, you have to wash the left hand and then followed by the right hand. Finally, scope some water into your mouth and gargle with the water. When worshipping at the shrine or temple, you have to bow twice, make a wish and clap twice and take another bow.
Then, we went to Kyoto (1 ½ hours from Nara) for lunch. Kyoto is famous for their tofu and that’s we had for lunch. The Japanese tofu set lunch with shabu-shabu was fantastic ! Gion, the geisha district is located in Kyoto as well, and there are about 1600 temples spread all over the city.
It started to drizzle and we were heading for a short stop at the Heian Shrine and after that to Kiyomizu Temple.
Kiyomizu Temple
The temple is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and it’s located at the top of a small hill. The temple was built over a cliff. During spring, thousands and thousands of tourists will come for the full bloom sakura. Though during my visit, the sakura trees are left with naked branches, I can imagine how fantastically beautiful it will be when it’s carrying all the sakura. I hope to go back another time for the sakura.
It is also a belief that you will be blessed with good fortune and good health when you drink from the 3 waterfalls in the temple. Of course I went for it, and so happen that I was quite thirsty. I drank from all 3 waterfalls.
First destination of the day was to Nara, the old capital of Japan. The journey took 1 ½ hours. In Nara, we visited the Nara Deer Park and Todaiji Temple. The temple is ranked as one of the biggest wooden structure in the world.
Before the Japanese pray in the temple, they will have to wash their hand and mouth to cleanse the bad things away. First, you have to wash the left hand and then followed by the right hand. Finally, scope some water into your mouth and gargle with the water. When worshipping at the shrine or temple, you have to bow twice, make a wish and clap twice and take another bow.
Then, we went to Kyoto (1 ½ hours from Nara) for lunch. Kyoto is famous for their tofu and that’s we had for lunch. The Japanese tofu set lunch with shabu-shabu was fantastic ! Gion, the geisha district is located in Kyoto as well, and there are about 1600 temples spread all over the city.
It started to drizzle and we were heading for a short stop at the Heian Shrine and after that to Kiyomizu Temple.
Kiyomizu Temple
The temple is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and it’s located at the top of a small hill. The temple was built over a cliff. During spring, thousands and thousands of tourists will come for the full bloom sakura. Though during my visit, the sakura trees are left with naked branches, I can imagine how fantastically beautiful it will be when it’s carrying all the sakura. I hope to go back another time for the sakura.
It is also a belief that you will be blessed with good fortune and good health when you drink from the 3 waterfalls in the temple. Of course I went for it, and so happen that I was quite thirsty. I drank from all 3 waterfalls.
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