Arashiyama, The Western Land of Kyoto City

On Sunday, I wanted to go to the Arashiyama Festival, but the people that i invited had something to do, sick, or never responded to my text. Finally, Christina and I met up and by the time we got there…the festival was over. However! All was not lost! We got to explore the area a little, and some of the food stalls were open, so it’s okay. The area was beautiful. Arashiyama is closer to the mountains out west that surround Kyoto City. I will definitely come back out to this area to take more pictures and to pet MONKEYS! There is a monkey park here in Arashiyama. Well not pet, maybe to just feed the monkeys and take pictures of them. Man, monkeys are so awesome.

Anyways, I was suppose to go to the Arashiyama Rankyo Festival. The festival displayed various music performances, such as the Japanese drum(taiko) jazz, and the Noh play, there were other performances, but as you all know, i was not able to attend the festival on time. All the performances were performed on special designed boats on the Oi River, surrounded by beautiful mountain views. Food stalls lined the river bank and traditional craftsmen showed and sold their works to those who attended the festival. Just thinking about it, makes me tear about something i missed and probably would not experience again.

If there’s anything i learned so far from this trip to Japan, it’s that I should strive to do things that I probably won’t get a chance at doing ever again. There’s so much out there to know and explore. Life outside of your comfort zone and bubble is so much more abundant. Live your life to the best of your ability with no regrets. If you forget everything else, just remember this one piece of advice: Live life.

To learn more about Arashiyama, go to this website: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3912.html
It explains it better than I could and I’ll be visiting these places and taking more pictures, obviously. Haha.

Here are some photos from the Arashiyama Area, no monkeys….yet. UNTIL I RETURN! 猿たち！俺を待てください！！！！

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