Another whopper of a breakfast and off we went in Doi-san's black Toyota Crown. We started the morning with some temple/garden goodness, including Ginkakuji, which is not, in contrast to the gold-lilt Kinkakuji (built by grandpa) silver, but they're are seriously studying the issue to determine if it should in fact be covered in silver leaf and therefore even more attractive to the hordes of babbling tourists and uninterested students killing time on school trips.
We dropped big coins at Aizenkobo on traditionally indigo-dyed wear and then for lunch we had a traditional priest's meal of never-endingly delicious vegetarian dishes. After lunch we checked out the private tradtional tea-house before walking over to Nijo castle. The 4pm tourist crush was in full effect, so we blasted through the main palace and then checked out the grounds before getting the subway back to Tawaraya.
Tonight for dinner is Hyotei: the restaurant of restaurants that should be good for the tongue and bad for the wallet.
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