A day of rain delayed us today.  We visited Kinkaku (The Golden Pavilion), a Buddhist hall containing Buddha relics. The site was the summer home of a shogun and built in the 1300’s.  The Pavilion is quite spectacular.  Unfortunately, they kept the sliding doors closed because of the rain.  In spite of the rain, the crowds were intense (it is Sunday).

We dropped into the Kyoto Station to get our Hiroshima tickets for Tuesday.  When we arrived in Kyoto on Friday, we had not been above ground.  The station is spectacular with 2 different underground malls, restaurants and a large integrated hotel.

We are trying to figure out where all of the non-Japanese tourists are.  Again two meals with us being the outliers.  We rarely see non-Japanese on the subway.