Little more crowded than we remember.

Thursday, August 10, 2017
We had visited the Kinkakuhi Temple together 20 years ago.  The Kinkakuji Temple, or Golden Pavillion as it is also called, was quite a peaceful place.  We were there in May last time, a non touristy time and China had not opened up its borders for its' people to travel.  This was different.  The place is still the same, but it was packed.  In our walking tour yesterday, the guide said that tourists to Japan had increased from four million a year to 24 million a year, mainly due to the Chinese influx.  At the end of our time at the Golden Pavillion, one Chinese lady tried taking all of pictures individually as we came out of the washroom.  Just weird.
We then let the boys return to the apartment and Cindy and I did our favorite thing, went shopping for fabric.  Cindy was in her prime.  Me too.