Tetsugaku no michi or the Philosophers Path is located in the northern part of Higashiyama district of Kyoto. It is a stoned path that runs along an old canal lined with cherry trees and it is 2 kilometers long. It starts or ends depending which way you go from Ginkaku-ji or Silver Pavilion and ends right around Nanzen-ji Temple. The name comes from Nishida Kitaro who was a famous philosopher who walked along the canal in daily meditation while heading to Kyoto University.
I decided to take the path by bike after I visited Ginkaku-ji, post here. It was a wonderful path to take on a sunny day, so it started out. It started to rain when I took the path back haha.
There were a lot of school students at Ginkaku-ji but along the path it died out which was great since I had some peace and quiet.
Care for some Haagen dazs?
There are many places that are still surrounded by trees and shrubs...
I'm not the only one looking at a map to see what way I am going. It's nice that the maps along the path are in Japanese and English.
There are other smaller temples along the path that you can stop at. I stopped at Honen-in Temple, post will be later and I tried to at Anraku-ji but it was closed.
My lunch/snake was some baked goods that I got at the next door bakery from my house. It was yummy, it is like pizza bread with mushrooms and pepperoni. Even mayo is on it.
Some people use it just to walk to the store or stroll to a neighbor's house.
I like how girls use umbrellas not for rain, but for their fine skin from the sun rays!
there was a small playground that was along the path that was interesting haha
This little kitty was chilling out near the playground haha. It was cute and hung around me for a little while before it started to rain.
I loved this path, wanted to do it again and I will!
info from Wikipedia
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