下了游船我们又转悠着去了酒店边上的天龍寺。虽然寺庙就在隔壁，一开始还没太当回事，后来每每路过看到一大巴一大巴的游客接踵而至，才知道原来天龍寺还是京都游览的一大寺。里头无论是庭院，园艺，建筑，还是壁画，都是充满日本佛教历史的名作。进到寺庙里头，派头果然和前几天去过的清凉寺不同，而当然到来游览的人也是颇为壮观。向前看是禅意山水，回头望也是人山人海。不过我本身从来不觉得游人多是件扫兴的事，人也是景，景也需要人才变的更活泼有生气。

Next we went to the neighbouring Tenryu-ji Temple, which apparently was a major tourist spot in Kyoto. Prepared for squeezing amongst crowds, we decided to give it a visit. 

The side garden was like a mini museum of Japanese plants.

Many of the buildings and garden scapes, well maintained indeed, were set out more than 500 years ago. It is amazing how vibrant and well looked after it still feels like today.

I've always been a admirer of Zen gardens.

The water, arrangement of stones, trees and fishes altogether creates their own little zen world that's not disturbed even by... ...US!

But I quite enjoyed people/fashion watching anyways.

After getting back to the hotel, I had a moment of calm with a matcha latte, and said goodbye to the beautiful Arashiyama in front of me.