1/5Kyoto CultureOur day began at the Shunkoin Temple for the Zen Meditation & Tour.// © 2013 Janeen ChristoffPreviousNext2/5Kyoto CultureDespite the cookies, our spiritual journey left us hungry, so we headed to Honke Owariya, a famous noodle house that has been operating in Kyoto since 1465. // © 2013 Janeen ChristoffPreviousNext3/5Kyoto CultureWith our bellies full of noodles, it may not have been the ideal time to try squeezing into a kimono, but a visit to the Nishijin Textile Center transformed me from a California girl into a traditional Japanese woman. // © 2013 Janeen ChristoffPreviousNext4/5Kyoto CultureOur next stop was a walk through the Manga Museum, which is home to more than 300,000 items on manga, from foreign forms of the comic writing to historic manga. // © 2013 Janeen ChristoffPreviousNext5/5Kyoto CultureWe ended the night at another noteworthy Kyoto restaurant, Harise, which dates back to 1656. // © 2013 Janeen ChristoffPreviousNext
