JP Koyo 2016 Kyoto (Part 2)

Eikando (永觀堂)

One of the most spectacular Koyo sites in our visit this time.

 

1 day in Arashiyama

Though we had planned to visit Nara on 23rd Nov to avoid potential crowds on public holiday, we visited Arashiyama in order to catch up on our “backlogs” 🙂

Hozukyo (保津峽)

Despite my effort to reserve the Torroko train tickets about 1 month in advance, we were advised by hotel concierge that all train tickets in that week were snatched up pretty soon the booking window opened up.

Thus, we took a normal JR train to arrive at the gorge. Koyo was past peak and a boat happened to flow downstream.  We then took the next train back to Sagano.

Tenryu-ji (天龍寺)

Koyo around the pond clearly has passed peak. Colours were less vivid than in our first visit 12 years ago. However, there were some pockets of bright colours before the exit to the bamboo forest, in the Arashiyama Park and also along the passage to the main entrance.

 

Hogon-in (宝厳院)

Hogon-in is a “Tachiu” temple (塔頭寺院) of Tenryu-ji. It has a beautiful garden – “Lion-roar” (獅子吼の庭).  Koyo was at peak, unlike neighboring Tenryu-ji. Good that we did not miss it, though it was very crowded.

Official website of Hogon-in

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