Joyce & I went to Gion Corner where she had seen the Bonraku puppets in 1991. We enjoyed an evening of tradional Japanese music and dance.
On our second day in Kyoto we headed out on a bus tour. The Nijo Castle was the residence of the Tokugawa era Shogan who was the administrative head of Japan. It had massive stone walls to fortify it and the Shogun was always concerned with survival. The nightingale floors of the hall ways chirped as you walked.
The Emperor lived across town in the Imperial palace with no stone walls and slept very well at night. It was a beautiful Palace, but we could not go inside.
The Temple of the Golden pravillion (Kinkaku-ji ) was once the summer home of Yoshimitsu, the 3rd Shogun of Ashikaga. When he died, his son fo llowed his father wishes to convert it into a temple.
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