Maura, Beth, Andy inside JR station
Andy was the only one that got a foldy-bike
Andy and Adam
Beth, Maura, and Amy outside the bike shop before we left.
Kyoto Tower
Maura and Adan
Adam and Yasu
Beth on her bike
At the top of the hill where the temples are
A shrine
same shrine
Right under the front of the first temple building
The view down the hill where all the tourist shops are.
Passing underneath the first temple.
Second temple.
Andy, Yasu, and Amy in front of the second temple.
They wanted to do a jumping pose... Adam was too cool for school.
Some random Japanese high school kids wanted to take a picture with us. It was cute.
Cute kid.
In front of the second temple.
We wanted to do a jumping shot... ninja-pose style. I was holding down my skirt.
Giant bell.
Another pagoda-thing.
Andy, Adam, and Beth reading about the cultural/historical significance.
Fortunes
Peoples wishes.
Wishes with sticker graffiti everywhere.
I think these are name planks. They surround a little altar.
Close-up
The altar thing
You wash your hands and mouth at these fountains
Another building. We didn't go closer to it, but it looked pretty cool. It was right next to a cemetery so I think it's related.
Amy bought a plank and made a wish for her family
Cute little kid.
The mom and grandma were helping the boy wash his hands.
About the big temple
Adam... he just takes pictures like this.
View from the right outside the temple entrance.
Another washy thing
Andy washing
Maura washing
The mountains.
Maura posing
I don't know what these were...
... but Adam and Andy tried to lift them up. it was funny.
Down at a waterfall washy-thingie. Seen from the temple balcony.
Andy and Maura, with downtown Kyoto in the background.
Adam.
Andy
Andy freakin the kids out, haha!
Temple balcony
Adam, Maura, and Amy with their fortunes.
Amy getting her fortune read by Yasu.
The fortune
Girls in Yukata.
After reading it, you tie your fortune to this pole.
Adam
Yasu
Amy
Maura and Andy
Down to the waterfall washy-thing.
People passing through the waterfall.
Getting water to wash with
Little boy at the foot of the waterfall.
Is this another word for "abunai"?
Little statues.
The main temple from the other side of the mountain.
A statue on the other bank of a pond.
The pond.
A turtle!
About to exit the area...
...it was a like a gaijin parade or something. The Japanese people were so excited to see this.
Cute kids with ice cream
Bike gang
Riding through the old emperor's palace grounds.
Rest
Maura
Adam with the faces again.
In a garden.
Lotus field.
We just missed the blooming season
They sun is starting to set
Another temple, I think.
They were mimicking the statues.
Just like Kurosawa's "MacBeth"
These were the biggest koi I've ever seen in my life.
The temple and lake.
Up into a garden area.
Bamboo forest
Looks so fake.
We told Andy to climb a tree like a Koala.
Empty path.
The setting sun coming through the bamboo.
Blurry, but I like it.
We were an attraction, apparently.
3 boats full of people were fully waving at us.
