Our stay at Seta Urban Hotel includes a breakfast, as far as I am concerned I simply love Japanese meal and it's surely a good food to start off the day. |
We really enjoyed cycling at the outskirt it is relatively quiet with beautiful sight as we moved towards the city of Kyoto even though it was a wet and cold morning. |
I also found out that this bridge is part of a popular cycling route around Lake Biwa, Here we were about to reach to the other end of the bridge. |
The joy in a pubic park with full of cherry trees and its blooming flowers. |
The ride continued in the vicinity of Zeze and Otsu. |
My GPS device slowly bringing us into a remote area quiet and on a uphill ride. |
Later I found that we were travelling on a hill trail at Ostu, Shiga. Over here we were about to pass by a cemetery. |
It was a long and hilly trail indeed but we went slow and steady with full of confidence that we were on the right track. |
The anxiety has finally ended as I could see civilisation across a massive highway and the next was how to cross to the other side. |
We managed to across with a few mistakes here and there and the thrill of entering another horizon was great. It looked like a small community and again the sakura is every where. |
The ride through the remote moved on. |
A stop at Daimaru Yamashina for lunch. |
Nothing like a good lunch after a strenuous ride. I think I am addicted to Japanese noodle.
The ride from Daimura Yamashina Mall to Philosophy's walk was still far and poor Jo had to tackle the uphill ride again at this stretch. |
What a relief when we see crowd of tourists from a distance and surely it must a destination we could stop and visit too. |
Suddenly we became like visiting tourists and we behaved like one. |
One of the entrance into Nanzenji Temple and Ginkakuji Temple and between these this the famous Philosopher's Walk. |
Nanzen-ji (南禅寺) is a Zen Buddhist temple. It is also the headquarters of the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. The precincts of Nanzen-ji are a nationally designated Historic Site and the Hōjō gardens a Place of Scenic Beauty.
Slowly we rolled our bikes and enjoyed the scenic view and observed the tourists from all over. |
The Philosopher's Walk (哲学の道 Tetsugaku-no-michi. Path of Philosophy) is a pedestrian path that follows a cherry-tree-lined canal. |
This 2km path is a popular destination for tourists to visit in Spring for a hanami experience. |
Jo entered Ginkaku Ji Temple as I waited outside for some refreshment. |
One of the many shots taken by Jo while she was in the temple. |
Our next place was the Imperial Palace of Kyoto. |
After a busy day visiting so many places in a day we treated ourselves back at Isetan, Kyoto Station for ramen again. I have gone nuts over the taste of ramen in Japan. |
This time we tried Tokyo famous ramen at the popular food outlet at Isetan, Kyoto Station. |
Sorry ramen again.... |
Jo's pick for the evening.
That's it a tough Day 3 as we wait for a train back to Seta from Kyoto Station. Good night. |
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