Nison-in Temple
When I was travelling in Japan, I planned almost every second and I was desperate not to miss anything. However, one of our outings was more spontaneous and our exploring lead to a really nice discovery. On August 5th 2016, we decided to go to Kyoto and hopped on the shinkansen in the hopes of seeing the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove. We took a train from Kyoto station to Saga-Arashiyama, which only took 16 minutes and was free with our JR passes. We walked for a little while from the station and we found the bamboo forest. It was beautiful to look at, but once you've walked through and taken a few pictures there isn't a lot else to do. It was a lot smaller than I expected and it was packed with tourists. I got my instagram worthy shot and then we decided to look elsewhere. It is my belief that when you travel, you find the interesting stuff when you get lost and it's all part of the fun (or maybe that's just a lie to excuse my disorganisation and poo...