We thought its time we get out and get you some typical Japanese photos.  After breakfast we went across the street to the train station to get some tickets for the next couple of days.  After several false starts we found a helpful English speaking girl in the upstairs JR Rail office.  Then we walked to the North exit opposite our hotel and found an unexpected terminal with a giant open lobby and another Mister Donut store.  Good to go for Friday.  It even has a city information office with an English speaking girl who directed us to several good temples and shrines.  We took a bus to them and got some great pictures of temples, cherry blossoms and lots of Japanese people enjoying the blossoms.  They like to picnic under the trees and just contemplate their beauty.  We added to their amusement when we took pictures of us laying down on beds under the trees.  Each temple is really a small park with more gates, little buildings, and pagodas.  Also lots of blue uniformed students.  After a couple of hours we finished with the Ninnaji Temple and went over to the Ryoanji Temple.  Ryoanji has a small pond and a world famous Zen rock garden that was laid out in 1525.  It looks like the ultimate low maintenance garden.  While we were wandering around Ryoanji we meet Mandy and Jonathan from the UK who gave us some good advice about places that they have visited.   After talking with them we decided that we were templed out and headed back to the center of town to find some restaurants other than those in our hotel.  Most restaurants here do not provide English descriptions on their menus making it very hard to know what you are ordering.  We did find a couple and went back to one for dinner.  On the way we stopped at the Kyoto Tower Building to use the ATM machine.  Curses - Kathy found she was in the midst of a craft-sewing material store.  It was a struggle to get her out but the promise of food worked.  Kathy was very disappointed when she ordered ribs to get just two.  Not exactly a half slab at Chilis!