Fushimi Inari shrine & Kiyomizu-dera



13 miles of walking today…

 Fushimi Inari shrine of the fox 


They had sticks to write a prayer on and suggested wishes


 We wrote the prayer for a child 

 

This is when a Chinese woman standing nearby commented on my writing so we started chatting.  My Chinese is a little rusty but still there! She took this picture of us 


I joked after that we might get twins since we submitted two prayers 

Lots of visitors to this shrine



Orange torii gates along the path to Mt Inari. We reached the summit. So many steps up 

Food stalls


We walked part of the Kyoto trail. Turns out our wifi didn’t charge the night before which we only realized as we were hiking. So we relied on this screenshot and Tom’s navigation skills 


Scenes along the way. Walked through neighborhoods 

Someone selling orange marmalade and a picnic at the park 









And then we made it to the next site. a buddhist temple surrounded by trees 












More to come… heading out for our day trip to Nara




 




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