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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

My 3 days of travel to kyoto= Day 1




ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...........
sooooooooooo relaxing.........................
It was three hours ago that my whole family have arrvied at the hangi airport in kyoto. We have booked a three or two star hotel which has a hot spring and it was very relaxing.We also ate breakfast as it was in the morning at 6:40.^-^hee!hee!

Then, after eating a nice delious buffet and resting for 30 minutes, we actually planned to visit the kyoto Imperial Palace but it was too long and dad got tired of driving that we stop by to visit the Kinkakuji which is th Golden Pavillion. the Golden Pavillon was not really whole thing made up of gold and it was like 90% or 80% of gold. I prefer looking at the outside view than the inside, because it is more peaceful and has fresh air.

There is also a sliver pavillon which i did not visit, but was told by my mother cause she sometimes knows some places.

When she told me that information, I thought it was the weirdest thing that i have ever heard, but as I went to a cafe nearby, took out my laptop and research about it, I begain to be more curious and scrabbling thing to clam me down.The history story says both were villas for Ashikaga Yoshimasa( Silver Pavillion) and Ashikaga Yoshinori ( Golden Pavillion) .

After two or one hour, we ate sushi at the hotel and i ate ten plates of sushi until i went to the toliet, but the sushi was very nice.Then we went on by going to the Njio caslte. As we were traveling to the Njio caslte, we stop by a book shop and bought one japanse dictionary and two manga comic which i cannot find it in Singapore. After that, we contiuned our way. We went inside and saw two things, one is in the outside and the other one is the inside.The inner walls contans the Honmaru Palace with its gardern.The Ninomaru Palace, Kitchens, Guard House and several gardens are located between the two main rings of fortifications.The 3300 square meter Ninomaru Palace (二の丸御殿, Ninomaru Gōten?) consists of five connected separate buildings and is built almost entirely of Hinoki cypress. The decoration includes lavish quantities of gold leaf and elaborate wood carvings, intended to impress visitors with the power and wealth of the shoguns. The sliding doors and walls of each room are decorated with wall paintings by artists of the Kanō school .We stayed there for two to three hours beacause there are many things to see and the things are so intersting than the storybook that i have ever read before, even those boring things that i do in class.

After that, we back to the hotel and rested after a tired and delightful trip.Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh................