Day 10: West Kyoto

みなさん、こんにちは！

もう水曜日、今週もあと半分ですね！

Hello everyone!

Happy Wednesday :)

日本旅行の１０日目は京都の西エリア、嵐山・金閣寺へ。

Day 10 of the Japan Trip - we went to the west side of Kyoto, Arashiyama and Kinkakuji temple.

去年は嵐山までバスで行ったんですが、今年は電車を使うことに。恥ずかしながらここで初めて嵐電の存在を知り、楽々と嵐山まで行くことができました。

Last year I went to Arashiyama by bus, but this time we used a train. I hadn’t known until this time, but there was this local train called “Randen”. Personally I would recommend that you take this one, because it’s easier and more comfortable.

まず向かったのは天龍寺。建物の中とお庭を回れるチケットを買いました。お庭をゆっくり散歩しても楽しいですが、開放感のある建物から見るお庭は眺めがよく、波打つ砂利と一面に広がる緑がつくる世界は一見の価値ありです。夏の一番暑い時に行ったので、緑が生い茂って日差しが痛いほどでしたが、秋はもっと落ち着いた雰囲気できっとまた違った表情を見せるんだろうなと思いながら見てました。

The first place we visited was Tenryuji temple. We bought tickets that include admissions to the building and the garden. It was really relaxing to slowly walk around the garden but the view from the building was wonderful. (Japanese gardens are imitations of this world - plants, gravel, and rocks representing green nature, the sea, and mountains (or islands) on the earth.) It was the hottest season of the year, so the view was all green and bright, but I was thinking that it would show us very different expressions in autumn, colouring the sight with a calm yet vivid palate of orange, red, and yellow.

出口を出てすぐにあの有名な竹林があって、すでに観光客でいっぱいでした。ズラリと並ん竹の隙間から射す光は神秘的で何度行ってもやっぱり感動しますね！ただ、人がかなり多いのでここで記念写真を撮るのは至難の技です…

Just after the exit, there’s the famous bamboo forest. It was already full of tourists. The lights coming through the trees were stunning! There are usually so many tourists that you cannot take photos without tourists somewhere in the frame :D

嵐山と金閣寺をセットで回る人は結構いるらしく、バス一本で行けました。入場チケットがお札になっていて、特に海外からの旅行者に喜ばれる旅のいいお土産になりますよね。入ってすぐには金閣寺と一緒に写真が取れる所があって、ここもまた観光客でパンパンでした。写真を取ったら通路を上がって行きました。お抹茶と和菓子が頂ける所があって、初めての人でも気軽に楽しめて◎です。

Apparently people often visit Arashiyama and Kinkakuji temple as a set, there were direct busses available. Tickets to the temple were printed on Japanese papers and looked so cool, You can keep them as a souvenir, like memory from the trip :) Just after the entrance there’s a photo spot where you can see the temple and a beautiful pond . This place was also packed with tourists. After that we walked up a slope at the back. There’s this tea party place where you can have traditional Japanese tea and sweets. Whether you’re a first timer or not it is very easy to try it out!

毎回出口へ降りて行く階段のところで、中学生の時に行った修学旅行を思い出します。秋は階段の両側に広がる紅葉が落ちて黄金の絨毯が引かれた階段に一変するんですよ！

The stairs going down to the exit reminded me of my junior high school trip in Autumn. During the season, leaves from the trees on both sides fall down on the stairs and they turn into a golden carpet!

次はどこに行くんでしょうか！

次回もお楽しみに！

Wondering where I went next?

Find it out!

続く！

To be continued!

れ

R