Nige & June Fun Times » golden https://nigejune.com Nige & June's Vlog about Japan and around the world Thu, 04 Jun 2015 22:28:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Kyoto Temples https://nigejune.com/kyoto-temples/ https://nigejune.com/kyoto-temples/#comments Sat, 16 May 2015 08:57:48 +0000 https://nigejune.com/?p=2048 We went to visit some of the Kyoto temples which were Kiyomizu-dera which is Kiyomizu temple and Kinkaku-ji which is Kinkaku temple. ‘Kin’ means gold, ‘Kaku’ (in this case) means palace. So gold palace temple is Kinkaku-ji. Kiyomizu basically means very clear water. The slopes from Kiyomizu-dera is also nice thing. Nice atmosphere buildings and shops… […]

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]]> We went to visit some of the Kyoto temples which were Kiyomizu-dera which is Kiyomizu temple and Kinkaku-ji which is Kinkaku temple. ‘Kin’ means gold, ‘Kaku’ (in this case) means palace. So gold palace temple is Kinkaku-ji. Kiyomizu basically means very clear water.

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Kiyomizu temples

Wandering around Kiyomizu in Kyoto, Japan

The slopes from Kiyomizu-dera is also nice thing. Nice atmosphere buildings and shops… You sometimes see ‘Maiko’ (looks like Geisha) there and we saw them by chance.

Kiyomizu Temples

Outside the front of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, Japan.

At Kinkaku-ji, unfortunately it was heavily raining though we were successful taking photos of Kinkaku-ji temple.

Kinkaku-ji (Golden Temple)

The golden temple at Kyoto, Japan.

Ironically, the weather was clearing up after we left Kinkaku-ji temple. It just seemed to be one of those days where every time we attempted to take a video or photo shoot the weather would quickly go dark and start raining.

Kinkaku-ji (Golden temple)

The golden temple in Kyoto, Japan.

Kinkaku-ji (Golden temple)

Kinkaku-ji (Golden temple) garden area.

After visiting Kyomizu-dera & kinkaku-ji were had to make the long journey to Kanazawa.

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