Only 1 hr away (by bus) is the Takao area of Kyoto through which the Kyotaki river runs. It consists of several temples, a small little town (Kyotaki) and a nice gorge. Overall, despite that there was a constant downpour, this was a great getaway from the hub-bub of Central Kyoto. I think i maybe saw about 6 tourists during my 2.5 hr hike. Dunno if its cuz the place was far out from Kyoto or because it was raining but whatever the case, it was another good shift in pace. It reminded me a little of the Iya valley with deep river gorges with mists rising and some spindly looking bridges crossing the river at various points.
I also visited the Jingo temple which has a nice view of the valley beneath. Youre supposed to be able to buy these disks that you can throw down into the valley to help rid yourself of bad karma but the vendors were apparently on vacation...
Went out last night with a Pakistani, Malaysian, a Brit and a Japanese native who apparently used to work in San Jose for KLA/Tencor. Had a pretty nice night out on the town and the Japanese dude gave me a bottle of Sochu! Score! Only prob is that its a glass bottle...gonna have to drink it before i leave Kyoto methinks..
So is that bad karma for the disc vendors to go on vacation? cause there will be lots of people who won't have discs to throw. or do the disc vendors just figure they themselves can throw in a whole bunch when they get back?
Posted by: Penny at October 14, 2003 08:15 AM