It would be another “all-you-can-stand” temple day in Kyoto, courtesy of the Lonely Planet Pocket Guide to Kyoto & Osaka , including a visit to the famous Arashiyama Bamboo Grove. Goshuincho temple stamp book in hand, we took the Hankyu-Kyoto Line from Karasuma Station near our 7 Keys Apartment Hotel and transferred to the Hankyu-Arashiyama Line at Katsura Station. Unfortunately, our train was not as cute as this Hello Kitty Haruka one (above and below) . We got off at Arashiyama Station and then it was a 14-minute walk to Tenryu-ji, temple of the heavenly dragon, with a stop for a cappuccino and a matcha latte, followed by a strong desire to buy this pink rabbit fur hat. Against my better judgment, I resisted. Tenryu-ji Temple Lonely Planet says of the temple origins and its garden, designated by the UN as a World Cultural Heritage site in 1994 : Established in 1339 by Shogun Ashikaga Takauji, Tenryu-ji was built to appease the spirit of Empero...
