The Miho Museum is about and hour and a half south
east of Kyoto if you go by train and
bus. The bus takes you through the city, along a river and out
into the countryside. At the end of the line ...
... you are a short distance from the museum's entrance
pavilion. You walk from the pavilion to a simple tunnel entrance that leads
into the hillside.
The curve of the tunnel and its
lighting create a break from the world behind and lead you ...
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... out onto a bridge that becomes a circular
courtyard ...
... then a set of stairs to a structure that might be a modern
"tea house".