Day 10
Toda was the
Yamaboko Junko (grand parade). Although this was the grand parade, it did not mark the end of
Gion Matsuri, it was only just past its halfway point. The parade
started around 9am and ended about 2. We admired
the floats from the sidelines as some lucky people (builders?) got to ride it
while others (unlucky ones) had to haul the float all through the streets in
the scorching summer heat. But there were frequent stops where water or beer
was served from cutely dressed helpers.
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| chilling and serving drinks |
We had Japanese curry for lunch.
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| You order the voucher from the machine. |
Original curry = 290 Yen
The last thing we did on our last day in Kyoto was visit
Fushini Inari Shrine. It was
a really nice place, but we didn't expect there would be so much hiking. As we
were not properly dressed (or rather I was not properly dressed) we climbed half way to get pretty pictures and then climbed back down to get more pretty
pictures.
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| so orange |
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| Purification Stations |
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| Kristie ringing the bell |
That beautiful shrine marks the end of our time in Kyoto. We headed to catch the bus for our next stop: Osaka! The Brooklyn-Bronx of Japan
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Good bye Kyoto!
w/ Kyoto Tower |
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