**Sun DEC 10 – KYOTO**
Arrive 10:30 am to Itami-Kyoto after stop-over in Haneda. Staying near Gion/Kiyomizu-dera
\- **Sim/wi-fi-** **still undecided**…
which one would you choose? Can you survive just using wifi and roaming?
\- Bus to Kyoto (1 hr, ¥1350 ea)
\- Buy icoca, Seishun18, Kansai Thru Pass, Hankyu Tourist Pass, or Kansai Wide Area Pass?!? **Which one do you recommend?!?**
I’ll probably get the *Kansai Wide Area Pass* for the last 5 days in Kyoto, as it covers Nara, Hijemi, Okayama -going to Naoshima/Teshima islands.
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**Dec 11: Birthday/Anniversary**
Fancy lunch at 12, Sweets and Tea at 4pm. Vomit at 5 to make room for dinner later.
In between: Shimogano Jinja shrine, and later Maruyama Park (Yazaka and Chion-in shrines, whatever we have time before they close)
Wander around Gion (Shirakawa, Pontocho, Shinbashi-dori…)
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**Dec 14:** 9:30 Kyoto Sento Palace (got tickets already)
Kodai-ji temple
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6:30 Fancy dinner (more celebrating…)
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**In no particular order:**
**Day 4: Golden pavillion area:** Ninna ji, Ryoan-ji, and Kinkaku-ji temples (all in the same area… yes, we like temples and nature/gardens…).
**Day 5: Arashiyama Bamboo Forest: Sagano train** (need to reserve! Don’t know date yet), Okochi Sanso and Tenryu-ji temple
North of Arashiyama: **Gionji Temple**, Saga Torimoto st. Seiryo-Ji, Daikaju-ji
South: Green tea store, dinner
Farther south, for another day… **Saihou-Ji Temple!**
**Day 6: Fushimi Inari Area.** Komyo-in and Tofuku-ji Temples, then Fushimi Inari, and later Daigo-ji temple..
**Day 7/8: Museums and Philosopher’s Path Area (NOT Monday)** \-Craft and Design, Modern Art, Kyocera Museum of Art… we like that, so two days…
Also farther east from there: Heian Jing, Zenrin-ji, Ginkaku-ji, Honen-in, and Mo-an Shrines/Temples…
**Day 9 (NOT Monday)**: Nijo Castle, Museum of Kyoto Annex, To-ji Temple, and Nishiki Market
**Day 10:** Maruyama Park and more temples, Kyoto National Museum.
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**If we have time:**
Uji / Nara day trip, Hijemi Castle…
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**Dec 23:** Arrive **Naoshima** early (previous night Okayama? Uno Port?)… Visit all the museums
**Dec 24:** **Teshima…** Visit the museums…
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After that one undecided stop on the way to Tokyo… still planning…
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Any comments are welcome!
Arigato gozaimasu!