Day 9 - History and an Aquarium

With rain forecast, we started with the Kyoto National Museum on the east side, just south of the Gion District. The artefacts here are beautifully presented. We'll spaced out, perfectly lit and all with English plaques explaining what they are. Pottery and tools dating from the Jomon era. Buddhist statues, Samurai swords, scrolls and painted screens. No photos allowed in the museum, so you'll just have to use your imagination. Sorry.

Instead, I'm sharing some shots of what real Kyoto looks like...

In the afternoon, needing somewhere to sit down, out of the rain, we stopped in at the Kyoto Aquarium. We put aside our concerns that dolphins shouldn't be held captive and just rolled with it. Honestly, we really needed somewhere to sit down! Anyway, the show was fun, and the dolphins got lots of fish, so maybe they didn't do so badly.

A brief scoot to the top of the huge Kyoto train station to see the view, then we retired to our apartment to gather strength for the evening. 

Just this last night in Kyoto. Diana and I whizz off to Osaka tomorrow afternoon. I'll miss Kyoto. I've rather fallen in love with it.