We did some Temple touring with a guide today and are feeling just a bit Templed out... so we'll do it all again tomorrow but on our own. These things are quite amazing and I'll mostly just let the pictures speak for themselves. We lucked out on the weather today with the rains ending during the night and while the skies didn't exactly clear we stayed dry and even saw a few glimpses of sun. Unfortunately, those glimpses were pretty rare and the light for most of the day was pretty flat and uninteresting. The temples, on the other hand were fascinating. The things are HUGE and they've been around for a long, long time.
The above image is from a walk of 1000 Torii Gates that are part of the Fushimi Inari Shrine. The things go all the way up the mountain -- not all as closely spaced as in the picture, but they do go on.
Pics from other temples explored today follow without comment cause I'm tired and ready to see if sleep comes more easily tonight than it did last night. The brain and body still seem to think we're on NY time.
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