Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the famous Kinkaku-ji Temple in Kyoto on the second day of his five-day bilateral visit to Japan.
He also paid a visit to the Toji Temple earlier in the day in the company of his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
While visiting the famous Kinkaku-ji Temple, a Buddhist Zen temple which is a major tourist attraction, the Prime Minister also interacted with Japanese residents, and even posed for photographs with the delighted citizens.
Prime Minister Modi will also meet the Governor of Kyoto, Keiji Yamada, before departing for Tokyo later this evening.
Yesterday, after his arrival in Kyoto, Prime Minister Modi had witnessed the signing of the Varanasi-Kyoto Partner City affiliation memorandum of understanding between the Governments of India and Japan at the State Guest House in Kyoto.
The agreement was signed by Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, Ambassador of India in Japan, and Daisaku Kadokawa, the Mayor of Kyoto.
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The MoU focuses on heritage conservation, and cooperation in art, culture and academics. It will also serve as a framework for the smart heritage cities programme.
PM Modi also had an exceptionally warm and friendly conversation with his counterpart Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a traditional Japanese meal in the Imperial Guest House in Kyoto last evening.
The over one-and-a-half hour-long discussion between the two leaders was marked by a great deal of mutual respect and admiration and convergence of views. The two Prime Ministers spoke about the ancient cultural and religious links between the countries, which are not known widely.