Monday, March 30, 2009

More from Kyoto

Here is a picture of Kiyomizudera Temple. It's way up on a hill and there's a great view of the city below. There's also a waterfall and people come to stand under the waterfall and pray. The line for the waterfall was insane, so we didn't go down there.
This is the walk leading up to the temple. It's lined on both sides by little touristy souvenir shops. I got a pair of socks with cherry blossoms.

We thought it was funny to see these people all dressed up and buying ice cream. There were a ton of people wearing kimonos in Kyoto, many more than we've seen in Tokyo. In Tokyo it's mainly older women that wear them on a daily basis, but here it was everyone, even the men.


This is a close-up of one of the temple details. The colors were so bright and pretty. This was Saturday, and the weather was outstanding.

Gen with a dragon.

The city view of Kyoto. I've seen pictures taken from here when the trees are in bloom and it's amazing. Those trees in the bottom left of the picture are cherry trees, and we missed the blooming season by about 2 weeks.

The one lonely cherry tree in bloom. There were a ton of people standing under this tree taking pictures.

1 comment:

  1. Hello Yasakis. Looks like things are going well. We really miss you guys. Take care.
    -Dale

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