The 7th Travel day began with a visit to Nijo-jo (二条 城 ), the palace of the Shoguns . First, we rocked some time in two buses from Kyoto. The station where we changed the bus line, is located in a very unglamorous area, and that's a euphemism.
Here you can see the palace's area (275,000 m²) from satellite view (Google Maps ). In addition to beautifully landscaped Japanese gardens ...
... and walls is of course the actual Ninomaru Palace visit, in the abdication of the last shogun. It is worth noting, inter alia, the "nightingale" floor. This causes each step, a reminiscent of the singing of the birds sound (through shifts of cones, with which the boards of the floor are fixed) - an effective protection against clandestine intruders. The interior walls are decorated with plenty of gold leaf, the outer walls with intricate carvings on the doors and partitions, there are paintings by artists of the school Kanō . All this was to impress the visitors with wealth and power of the shoguns. Photography is prohibited in the interior, however, here a couple of exterior views.
We went to some temples, the first "temple of peace have come to the Dragon - 龙 安 寺 Ryoan-ji). This is, among other allegedly "The most famous Zen gardens of Japan, the Hojo Teien in Kare-san-sui style from the mid 15th century . The garden consists of an area (30 by 10 meters) of fine gravel with a just 15 seemingly randomly placed stones in 5 mossy groups. For no view all 15 stones are visible. " (Wikipedia)
temple meal:
The Ninna-ji ( 仁 和 寺) is located within walking distance from Ryoan-ji.
And as the culmination of Rokuon-ji (鹿苑 寺), famous for Kinkaku-ji (金 阁 寺), the Golden Pavilion Temple, which adorns many postcards:
Like almost everywhere in Japan, is found naturally in the temple premises on a regular basis many vending machines.
After so much history back into modernity. Here one can imagine the mind reels from the body, but be careful to monitor the passing points (3 possibilities: drums inside, on the Rand beat, duration drums eighth). At first they run slowly past, with increasing difficulty, they are then rapidly. The melody, the drums to that one can choose of course. One of about 1000 ways to play in an x-story arcade.
Here's another: digital horse racing (you have to train the horse, stroking and of course the race to the right place):
A Japanese specialty is pachinko halls . Closer one approaches the entrance, raises it to almost an unknowing visitor. The noise is unbelievable, smoke hangs in the air. The deafening Noise caused by the many through every single one of over a hundred machines rattling iron shot, accompanied by each of the game play adapted electronic music and sound effects. Also hear from speakers in the ceiling or music notes.
According to Wikipedia, 15 million Japanese are regularly looking to pachinko halls, indicating an annual 250 billion euros.
to seeing tanks on the ground to huge stocks of balls needed to play (either won or purchased) are.
"How big is the pachinko business in Japan? Well, it employs a third of a million people, three times more than the steel industry, it commands 40 percent of Japan's leisure industry, including restaurants and bars, and with 30 million regular enthusiasts coughing up more 30 trillion yen a year (a higher turnover than the car industry), it's very big business indeed. [...]"
Finally, a typical yakitori restaurant:
Here the grilled skewers:
What chicken parts are not all at Yakitori can use spears: nape (neck), gristle (cartilage), gizzard (muscular stomach), kidney (kidney), good (intestine), skin (skin) tail (tail), heart (heart)
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