July 13th, more Kyoto

The JTB tour came by to pick us up by shuttle bus promptly at 8am from the hotel. It was a full day that started the morning portion of the tour. We first headed to the Golden Pavillion, which was my favorite part of the tour. This was my second time in Kyoto and second time seeing the Golden Pavillion, but last time was self-guided. I only posted up photos first of the Heian Shrine, and then the Golden Pavillion. Notice in one of the pictures i posted up, of sake barrels. I didn't provide photos of the other part of the tour, but i will include more photos later. The next part of the morning tours were of Nijo Castle(my second time here as well), and of the Imperial Palace. The afternoon tour continued after a lunch provided by JTB, it was a lunch buffet of Japanese food, and it was good. The afternoon tour, and i have one photo showing the orange building structure of part of the Heian Shrine. The following temple was of San Juu Sen Temple, and followed by the breathtaking views of Kyomizu Temple. I will be provided those later. After the tour ended, we headed straight to Gion Districe, and finally found the Gion Corner and saw an hour good show performance of Maiko Dancing as well as other types of performers. We then ate in downtown Kyoto-Gion District and had Italian food, quite good and quite unusual. Earlier as we were walking to find the Gion District theater, i actually saw a real Maiko walking with her umbrella in the wet rainy streets of the Gion District, quite nostalgic, and very Kyoto! I didn't get a clear upclose picture, since it was from afar and she was walking very briskly even in her high platform geisha-like shoes, but meant for Maiko.