We were supposed to visit Fushimi Inari shrine but the kids were too tired to get up on time. However, as we had purchased tickets to the TeamLab Biovortex installation, we still had to go to Kyoto. Lacking enough time to hike Fushimi Inari, we decided we’d visit another temple instead and chose Toji temple. Jenn and I had never visited before and it is located very close to both Kyoto station and the TeamLab installation.
The temple is known for its 5-story pagoda, but the treasure halls also had an amazing array of statuary. Photos of the iconography were prohibited, of course, but even Rowan was impressed by the quantity and quality of the idols. To date, it was the largest buddha Rowan had seen at probably around 12 meters tall.
We grabbed some ice cream, some goshuin, and then it’s off to the Biovortex!
Ice cream tally: 16