Date: 14 Feb, 2019
Time: 4:30pm
Weather: 3C cloudy
Distance: 5km / roundtrip
Course type: pedestrian path
Elevation: 35m, gentle up-downs
Traffic Light: none
Start Point: Keage Metro Station exit 1
Access: 20 mins by metro from Kyoto station
Comments:
- Coldest run so far, but after some warm up it's still fine to go ahead without much issue.
- Philosopher's Path is crowded with tourists during cherry blossom season, however it's quite calm in winter so you can run pretty much freely. However the path is narrow slightly rocky, so be careful while running.
- Make a visit to Nanzenji Temple after run, it's not extremely well-known so walking around there is comfortable. Walk up to the stone bridge, one of the most scenic points.
Starting point of my run - exit 1 of Keage metro station.
Turn right after exit from metro station, and then turn right again to enter this stone tunnel.
Continue running towards Nanzenji Temple.
The main gate of Nanzenji Temple, can you see the snow flakes? love running in this scene!
Passing Nanzenji Temple and running towards Philosopher's Path.
Turn right when you see this lovely café, and go up towards Philosopher's Path.
It's the season for "mikan" orange, see a big mikan tree on the way to Philosopher's Path.
This is the Philosopher's Path, extremely quiet in winter.
There are some nice Japanese style restaurants and shops along the Path.
Road sign along Philosopher's Path, between Nanzenji and Ginkakuji Temples.
A moment of sunshine on a cloudy day is very precious!
The end of Philosopher's Path at the Ginkakuji Temple side.
Keep going up towards Ginkakuji Temple, with souvenir shops alongside.
The entrance of Ginkakuji Temple.
On the way back to start point, beautiful sky out there with temples.
Feeling good to run downhill back to Nanzenji Temple.
Arrived back to Nanzenji Temple before getting dark, love the peaceful atmosphere there. What a nice run today!