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Lovely town with temples as beautiful as those in Kyoto

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Ohara is a lovely town close to the city of Kyoto and is not typically included in the tours. It is less crowded and you have temples, like Sanzen-in as popular and lovely as those of Kyoto. Ohara is north of Tokyo and to arrive we have to take the bus 17 from Kyoto Station but not one of the regular buses but those that go out of town.They don´t sell a day bond buying tourists to use this means of transport. Since there are 2 number 17s one must be careful: the 17 that we have to take says OHARA. The ride to Ohara is about an hour, because there are many stops. This village is situated in a beautiful valley in which were built many temples, some of which have achieved great fame.

It is a highly visited area in spring and autumn because we can enjoy cherry red maples and Japanese respectively. The main temple, as I said above, is the Sanzen-in and to access it is a beautiful road runs along a river with trees on one side and the other traditional Japanese convenience stores. Other temples worth visiting are Shorin-in (very close from above) and Raigon-in (a little further but you get walking too). About 200 meters of the latter temple is a beautiful waterfall called literally "no sound waterfall". On the other side of town there is another area of ​​temples, among which the Jakko-in, smaller but also beautiful.
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