Kyoto: Eikando
The first shrine I went to on this visit was Eikando. Unfortunately, it is quite well known, and there were a lot of visitors, including large number of Koreans, and even some Chinese tourists. It is a Buddhist temple, founded in the 11th century, starting from the villa of a Heian noble, who gave it to a priest. There are several buildings,
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I wanted to go last year when my family came to visit, but as we had to go on a long weekend Kyoto was so insanely crowded, we didn't make it on time. They closed their doors right in front of our eyes and there was already a looooooooong line of people waiting to get night tickets for the illumination.
My family was exhausted and didn't want to stand in the cold for 2h, so we gave up.
I was thinking about going this year again, but as I only could go during the weekend yet again, I decided not to! ^^;;
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