Arashiyama at dawn, kendo, Monsen booked

• 6:35 AM
  Coffee and a rice ball, then JR to Saga-Arashiyama, about 30 minutes with one change.
• 7:15 AM
  Arashiyama bamboo forest. Quiet before 8 AM. Free.
• 7:45 AM
  Tenryu-ji garden, special 7:30 AM opening (Nov 14 to 30 only). $3 (¥500).
• 9:00 AM
  Togetsukyo Bridge and the river. Optional: Monkey Park up the hill.
• 11:00 AM
  Lunch: Shigetsu, the temple's own vegetarian tofu lunch inside Tenryu-ji. $24 to $57 (¥3,800 to ¥9,000). Reservation required.
• 12:15 PM
  Taxi to the kendo class (GO app, $38 to $51 for the car, about 40 minutes). It's across the city. Uber to Studio NIN
• 1:50 PM
  Arrive at Studio NIN, 16 Shugakuin Daidocho, Sakyo Ward. Late means no-show, no refund.
• 2:00 PM
  BOOKED: Kendo and Samurai Experience, 2 to 4 PM, 2 adults, English guide. GetYourGuide GYGFWVY3L2LV. 2 hours in full armor in a 100-year-old townhouse. Photos at the end.
• 4:15 PM
  Eizan train and Keihan to Gion, about 25 minutes. Teramachi and Shinkyogoku arcades, Pontocho.
• 7:00 PM
  Dinner: Monsen ramen, Gion. Chicken paitan, no pork. $6 to $13. Opens 7 PM, closed Sundays. Get there right at opening. Cards OK.
• 8:15 PM
  Keihan home. Pack: tomorrow morning the suitcases go from the Yamato office at Kyoto Station straight to Haneda, so put two nights of clothes in the carry-ons. Uber to Tofukuji Station