Kyoto

Today was an early morning because I was going to Kyoto on a speed train. This was the first time I have ever ridden on a speed train and have class in a completely different city. We were going to stay a night in Kyoto and visit the Nijo Castle.As we arrived to Nijo Castle you could see by its size that it was pretty big. The castle had water surrounding it and it had a big gate to walk in. While walking in the group and I took pictures but what I really wanted to do was head inside. This was my first time at a Japanese castle and learning the history and seeing it really interested me. As I looked at the structure some of it was in gold but the actual gold was taking off the building and a replica was put in its place. The next part of the castle was the garden which was huge. The garden was as big as the castle itself and was a very neat environment. I finished walking around the castle when it just begun to rain and it was time to head back to the hostel.  

                                                 This is the one of the entrances going into the castle

                                                   This is part of the garden at the Castle

                                                         Another part of the garden