Too Hot in Kyoto

R and I took the early Shinkansen to Kyoto on Tuesday morning, but we didn't make it there in time to avoid the heat. R planed the trip so that I could use the extra time packing and cleaning, which was a great help.

Our first destination was Nishi Honganji and our second stop was Higashi Honganji which was obscured by construction.
Next we took the subway to Fushimi Inari, at that point it was about 11am and I was already too hot to continue so While R went to take photos I sat in the shade and people watched.
After Fushimi Inari we decided to give up and start taking Taxis between locations to escape the heat. Getting to Kiyomizu by taxi felt too easy to me after struggling to walk or drive there in the past.
Next stop was Yasaka Shrine, we had originally planned to see this shrine after dark given that it is presently Gion Matsuri and the floats would be lit up, be at this point we had decided to get home as soon as we could see all 5 planned destinations.Our final stop of the day was a tour of the Imperial Palace. The tour was in English, but it seamed like most of the other participants we speaking languages other than English.We arrived home before 6:00 which meant that door to door we were gone less than 12 hours, I guess given the Summer heat we can be efficient.