Post-breakfast at Holly’s Café, we took a 10 minute bus ride to Gion District to begin our sojourn that’d lead us eventually to Kiyomizu-dera temple in the late morning. We got off the bus at the intersection between Shijo and Higashioji streets, where the entrance to Ysaka Shrine is.
The shrine was very quiet and mostly devoid of visitors. On New Year’s Day though, the Shrine becomes packed with thousands flocking to it to pray for health and prosperity.
Just past Yasaka Shrine is Maruyama Park, which is according to the guide books a cherry-blossom viewing site in the right seasons.
We exited Maruyama Park and continued along Eastern Gion in the general direction of Kiyomizu Temple, where we were very pleasantly surprised by an unexpected sight. More in the next post!
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