Gosho

There haven't been many that many touristy photos on here. I don't know if I mentioned that it has been over 90 degrees every day since we arrived. I think the first day with a high under 30C was this week. None of this is conducive to sightseeing, and we have a year to see at least some of the 2000+ temples in Kyoto.

We did try to take in some greenery on a relatively cool day when we were near the big imperial grounds in the center/north of the city the other day. Sam liked the giant gingko tree, which is quite a bit bigger than the one recently (almost 10 years ago) started at his grandmother's house.




We happened on this garden, which is apparently one of the famous places to see blooming Salisbury (?) trees in Kyoto in August. The photos are not wonderful but give some sense. And the turtles sitting on a rock were neat. Then we watched some retirees play tennis from a cool cafeteria.