Notes from Kyoto by Nitin Chaudhary
5 years, 9 months ago

Notes from Kyoto by Nitin Chaudhary

The Hindu  

With my head against the train window, I napped. That meant I could walk around freely checking out Shinto shrines, Zen gardens, and the famed walking paths of Kyoto without standing in long queues of selfie-seekers. I hailed one to Ginkakuji shrine, which marks the beginning of a 2 km walk called the Philosopher’s Path, named after a famous Kyoto university professor, Nishida Kitaro, who walked this path every day. As in most Japanese shrines, a walking path encircles the main shrine.. On the path lay beautifully manicured moss and dry sand gardens. As the darkness began to spread softly, settling on the traditional wooden machiya houses like black dew, I walked around aimlessly in Kyoto’s Gion district to fold my visit.

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