Kyoto Day 2 and 3

The Golden Pavilion or Kinkauji Temple. Its painted in real gold and cost 3 million to paint. 

Love this sweet boy of mine

it was so beautiful

An old lantern

waiting for the bus

We had lunch at a sushi go around and Kade had fries and chicken nuggets

On the bus

More fall colors from our hike up to the top of monkey mountain

We went and fed/saw the monkeys at monkey park. It was the highlight of Kade's trip. Those monkey's are crazy and like their food. 

Gorgeous view

Wishes or prayers i'm not sure which

soybean soft serve ice cream

Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple has got to be one of my favorite temples ever. All the statues over 1000 of them were sculpted by different local artists. They are all so unique and fun to look at. 

Most of the pictures on my phone from here are from Kade. 

WE also went to Arashiyama which is the bamboo forest but to be honest it wasn't all that exciting.  

This is our guide for the day Hoko. She was great and so helpful

After a long day of walking we found McDonalds for food. Kade was so happy. I love the little things that make him happy. 

Kade chose to hit up one more temple before we called it a night and I'm glad we did. It had a great light show and everything was all light up. It was funny because Kade was pretty dead and then he got dinner and got a second wind and was totally being goofy. 

The reflection on the pond was gorgeous

We only had 2 full days in Kyoto which wasn't enough but it was fun and we fit in a lot. We caught our train back the next day. 

We then got our flight and headed back to Okinawa. It was so fun to have a trip with just Kade and I. 

Kyoto Day 1

This one time Kade and I hoped on a plane and left the other 2 kids with the Lum's. After Seth's horrible attitude in Taipei I wasn't looking forward to taking him or Jack to Kyoto and Kami convinced me to have them stay with her. I'm so glad I did. Kade and I had a great trip.

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Kyoto isn't that far but by the time you catch a flight then a train and then the metro its a whole day. We found a ramen place to eat and it was really good. I love Japanese restaurants because they are so quick. 

There was a mix up with the airbnb and we ended up having to stay the night in a place that wasn't what we booked. Instead of 2 beds it only had 1 and then the traditional mats. We gave Chrissy the bed and Kade and I took the floor. 

Sound asleep

Our first full day in Kyoto we went to the Fushimi Inari Shrine. At first it was crowded but as we hiked up  there were less and less people. 

So many Torii gates

This guy is a trooper

A jumping picture for Erin. It took lots and lots of takes. We learned we needed lots of light to get a non blurry picture

Here is a picture of all 3 of us

Lots of fall colors

We also stopped and saw the Fushimi Castle. It would have been so cool to go in but it was closed. 

So many amazing fall colors

The grounds at the castle were incredible

We walked around the Tofukuji-ji temple grounds and wow the fall colors are out of control. Soooo amazing. 

A sea of red, orange and yellow

We went to the famous Fire Ramen and it was good and so much fun. The staff there was amazing

Mid afternoon we had to switch airbnb's which was annoying but part of life. We ended up with a nicer room and Kade was so excited to take a bath because it had a tv in there. The bathtub was so deep too.  We were all pretty tired after our first day.