Kyoto Day Trip

Our day-trip to Kyoto. Proof that one should never try and navigate on foot using a bus route map. It was great fun, though, and a day just wasn't long enough. I get the feeling I'll be going back to Kyoto again soon!

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Flick and I, "living together in diversity"

Higashi Honganji Temple

Our first stop

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Flick at Higashi Honganji

Me at Higashi Honganji

(yes, we did go a bit mad with the camera...)

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Homeless in Kyoto

We noticed, in Tokyo too, that the homeless people

in Japan don't live in cardboard boxes. They even leave

their shoes outside of these tiny 'huts'. Homelessness

in Japan is, I believe, a growing concern, and no-one's

quite sure what the solution is.

Stop 2: The Imperial Palace

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Flick at the entrance to the Imperial Palace

grounds

Gardens at the Imperial Palace

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Me, standing on a bridge in the gardens

There's the palace in the background

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Shrine at the Imperial Palace

Another shrine at the Imperial Palace...

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...and another...

...and another!

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Stop 3: Yasaka Shrine

Steps up to the incredible Yasaka Shrine

One of the buildings at Yasaka Shrine.

People ring the bells, clap, throw money, and pray

in any order (or so it seemed)

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Lanterns at Yasaka Shrine

Graves and lanterns at Yasaka Shrine

(this photo does not do it justice at all)

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Old part of Gion by night