Postcard 100- Japan

This card was received 3 April 2012 from Japan.  It shows some of the 1001 statues of Kannon (goddess of mercy) in the temple, Sanjusangendo.  It's in Kyoto, but is one of the temples I have never visited! Postcard id: JP-253823

Day 2- Kyoto Station

2 January 2012- We went to Kyoto for the day for another shrine visit (Gion) and a taste of the madness of new year sales. Kyoto station is an impressive piece of modern architecture. We are on the 9th story, looking down banks of stairs to the station area.

Day 362- Nishiki markets

28 December 2011- The Nishiki market is a series of covered over arcades in the middle of Kyoto, lined with mostly food shops. Open daily. Here a pickles store shows its wares.

Day 361- Wishes and hopes

27 December 2011- We went to Kiyamizudera- a Buddhist temple. It's usual to find these wooden plaques at Japanese shrines and temples- wishes and hopes and prayers, placed where they can be heard.

Day 360- Snow!

26 December 2011 - We did something different this day- we took a "romantic" train ride through a mountain gorge, and back again (we didn't take the river boat ride that was the other return optin). While there were flurries on our way to the train, nothing was sticking. We did get a glimspe of snow dusted mountains here. Later we found out that one of the temples near where we caught the train received a hefty amount of snow- maybe we should have gone there.

Day 359- Merry Christmas

25 December 2011- We spent Christmas morning at a huge Temple market in Kyoto. The market is held every month on the 25th, and is biggest in December and January.

Postcard 151- Japan

Received 18 October 2011- This is a picture of Kiyumizudera in Kyoto. I have visited a few times, but never in cherry blossom season. We may be going there in snow in a few weeks though...