Day 14: Kyōto

On the last day of my stay in the Kansai region, I visited Kyōto, Japan’s old imperial city. After I had recovered from the exertions of the previous evening and had a good night’s sleep, I went to breakfast. There I met the couple from Germany again. I gave them my impressions of the aquarium and they gave me some tips for a possible vacation in Africa. Then I set off.

Fushimi Inari-Taisha

First, it was time for some exercise – I drove to the famous Fushimi Inari-Taisha and followed an endless tunnel of small orange gates to the top of the small mountain:

Sake tasting in Kyōto’s Sake district

But then I had experienced enough culture and decided to take it easy in the afternoon: