At the ryokan (traditional Japanese inn)
A washing station at the ryokan
The central courtyard
A twilight view from Kyoto City View tower
Kyoto Station from above
Getting caught sampling pickles
Dinner at the ryokan
Greg measures the bed, then himself.... hmmm.
Breakfast at the ryokan
Entering Shosei-en (garden)
Phone/bread machine?
In Shosei-en
The Kamo-gawa (Kamo river)
The road to Kyomizu-dera (a Buddhist temple)
Women dressed as geishas (or geishas?)
Kyomizu-dera
A pot of incense
Ringing the temple bell
Kyoto City View tower in the distance
The crowded street leading down from Kyomizu-dera
Bamboo models of insects
Women dressed as geishas
The geisha photographer
Little gate
Yasaka Shrine
Fortunes tied to tree branches
Maruyama Park
Chion-in temple
At Shoren-in temple
At Yasaka shrine again (I think...)
Slippers at the ryokan
Unidentified fruit
Arashiyama district
Instructions for safe behavior at the Iwatayama monkey park
In the monkey park
First monkey sighting
Fishing?
A dry lotus plant
A bamboo forest
Pontocho
Rabbits take their meals outside
Mini-shrines along the river
A broom store
On the grounds of Chion-in temple, which were lit up at night
A rock garden
Fancy bikes
Teddy bears fishing along the Path of Philosophy
Starting our walk down the Path of Philosophy
Cat of Philosophy
Everyone likes to photograph the mice
At the end of the Path of Philosophy
Feeding the hawks
Making my first ukiyoe (wood-block print) at the Kyoto Handicraft Center
Almost done...
Imamiya Shrine
Comparing my ukiyoe to the real thing
The Kamogawa
Oversized cabbage at Nishiki market
Tiny dried fish
A store with a model of itself in the storefront
Compare this photo and the next
A temple in the middle of the shopping arcade
A bus station with real-time bus tracking
Kyoto Station
Our room at the B&B
The view from the B&B
Fruit tarts at Kyoto Station
A bento box lunch on the train to Tokyo
On the train ride to Tokyo