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Stretch of cherry blossoms trees along the shopping street in Arashiyama. I even found cherry blossoms pickle here, wanted to buy some to have a taste,but changed my mind on second thought .. how was the collection carried out, from the fallen petals on the ground ?
Arashiyama in Kyoto prefecture, at the outskirt of Kyoto city. it certainly worth the effort to visit, though it may take much longer time to go. Apart from the Arashiyama Garden, bridge, river cruising, bamboo forest and temples. There are also hot springs (onsen) in Arashiyama.
Kyoto may not be a popular spot for hot spring visit, Arashiyama should be a good spot, if you are only visiting Kansai area.
Pre-booking for hot spring visit is highly recommended, or you would not be accepted as a walk-in customer. Most operators offer over night stay, with meals included.
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Japanese like to dress up in their traditional costumes for Sakura viewing or for travelling. I saw many locals, they could be from other prefectures, fully dressed at touristic places.
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Tenryuji Temple is on the main road, the whole area is huge. We just made a short stop-over here, before proceeding to the Bamboo forest. Temple's staff ride a bicycle for their round.
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Don't they look like a family of five ? These stone sculptures are found right at the fence area, outside Tenryuji Temple. There is a bus-stop nearby, where bus ride to Daikakuji Temple is available. Daikakuji Temple is far away from the main area... better view of Arashiyama from the temple apparently.
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A senior citizen home near to the Tenryuji temple. Arashiyama should be a beautiful and quiet place to retire. But not during peak travelling seasons like spring and autumn. The whole place could be just packed with tourists. Just wonder if there will be any foreigner choose to retire in Japan?
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Colourful umbrellas on display, all the umbrellas were collected or all sold out ? For, there were no more on display on our way back to the station. It was raining, not long after we passed by this shop.
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Enough of cherry blossoms? Here are the camellia, again in full bloom.
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Tea house before reaching the Bamboo Forest. We would have checked it out, if we didn't have some snacks, just a short while ago. The only disadvantage of not having a tour guide, never know what to expect ahead of you!!
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Cherry blossoms and Camellia welcome travellers side by side...
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Tourists on rickshaw ride, the rickshaw actually completes with a cover, passengers won't get wet in the rain, and a blanket for their legs, especially for female passengers. The driver automatically become a tourist guide cum photographer. They all know exactly the best spot for pictures.
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Quiet and serene bamboo forest, only if when all the visitors are gone. It was neither too busy nor too noisy during our visit....that could be due to the fact that, Japanese are generally quiet people
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Another popular spot for wedding photo. I notice that, most of the photographers like close-up picture
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Nonomiya Shrine at the end of bamboo forest. Both the Saya-Arashiyama and Toroko Saga lines stations are just a short distance away. It started to rain, immediately after visiting the shrine. All travellers, including the two of us ran over to a small house, opposite the shrine, can't remember exactly what was that. And waited patiently for the rain to stop...we suddenly realised that we had no lunch until almost 3pm. lucky enough to find a packet of biscuit in Agnes'bag. The rain lasted for quite sometimes, we could only turn our picnic sheet into a huge umbrella when it was not that heavy.
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Rain washed sakura, delicate petals were found on wet pebbles covered ground, won't be muddy. It was not easy to walk around. Didn't feel like stepping on the petals at all.
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Few pine trees are grown among the cherry blossoms trees. They smelled totally fresh after the rain.
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