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| Ryokan Gion Yoshiima breakfast. Breakfast is served in your room. |
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| Ryokan Gion Yoshiima. |
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| Ryokan Gion Yoshiima. |
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| Ryokan Gion Yoshiima. Each morning, the staff brought out my shoes, and each time I returned, they put them away. But they never asked for my name or room number after check-in. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine, translated. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Omikuji at Hei’an Shrine. Omikuji are fortunes written on strips of paper. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Hei’an Shrine. |
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| Kyoto marker. I wondered what these were. |
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| Kyoto marker. |
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| Kyoto marker, translated. Some sort of civil engineering markers. |
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| Kyoto marker. |
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| Kyoto marker, translated. |
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| Kyoto sign. |
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| Kyoto sign, translated. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Eikan-do temple. |
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| Eikan-do temple. |
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| Eikan-do temple. |
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| Eikan-do temple. |
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| Eikan-do temple. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Nanzen-ji temple. |
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| Philosopher’s Path. |
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| Philosopher’s Path. |
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| Philosopher’s Path. |
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| Philosopher’s Path. |
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| Philosopher’s Path. |
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| Philosopher’s Path. |
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| Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion). |
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| Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion). |
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| Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion). |
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| Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion). |
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| Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion). |
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| Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion). |
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| Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion). |
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| Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion). |
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| Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion). |
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| Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion). |
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| Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion). |
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| Matsubya. Forgot to take a picture before digging in. There was a heat wave, remember. ¥600, $4.08. |
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| Matsubya. |
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| You Go Curry. |
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| You Go Curry. |
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| You Go Curry. ¥1150, $7.82. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| A little door I saw from the bus. |
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| SYNC/ASYNC t-shirt. |
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| Kinkakujji-mae (Golden Pavilion). |
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| Kinkakujji-mae (Golden Pavilion). |
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| Kinkakujji-mae (Golden Pavilion). |
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| Kinkakujji-mae (Golden Pavilion). |
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| Kinkakujji-mae (Golden Pavilion). |
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| Kinkakujji-mae (Golden Pavilion). |
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| Kinkakujji-mae (Golden Pavilion). |
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| Kinkakujji-mae (Golden Pavilion). |
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| Kinkakujji-mae (Golden Pavilion). |
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| Kinkakujji-mae (Golden Pavilion). |
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| Kinkakujji-mae (Golden Pavilion). |
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| Kinkakujji-mae (Golden Pavilion). |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Kyoto. Most public transit in Japan was great, but the buses in Kyoto do not seem efficient. It takes a while to go a few stops. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Kyoto. Apple Maps has train schedules, so I could select a train station in Maps, select a line, select a time, and see stops on that line. That was useful to determine if I could take an express train. |
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| Mildly Air-Conditioned Car. It was very nice. They undersold it. |
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| Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest, translated. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest, translated. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Sagano Bamboo Forest. |
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| Near Togetsu-kyo bridge. |
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| Near Togetsu-kyo bridge. |
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| Near Togetsu-kyo bridge. |
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| Near Togetsu-kyo bridge. |
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| Near Togetsu-kyo bridge. |
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| Near Togetsu-kyo bridge. |
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| Near Togetsu-kyo bridge. |
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| Togetsu-kyo bridge. |
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| Togetsu-kyo bridge. |
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| Togetsu-kyo bridge. |
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| Togetsu-kyo bridge. |
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| Iwatayama Monkey Park. |
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| Iwatayama Monkey Park. |
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| Iwatayama Monkey Park. |
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| Iwatayama Monkey Park. |
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| Iwatayama Monkey Park. |
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| Iwatayama Monkey Park. |
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| Iwatayama Monkey Park. |
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| Iwatayama Monkey Park. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Okocho. |
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| Okocho, translated. |
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| Okocho. |
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| Okocho, translated. |
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| Okocho. |
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| Okocho, translated. |
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| Okocho. The restaurant whisks away your shoes when you enter and brings them back later. |
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| Okocho. |
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| Okocho. All of Okocho’s vegetables are grown in Kyoto. ¥2760, $18.77. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| Kyoto. |
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| MarieBelle chocolatier. |
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| Kyoto Imperial Palace. I was not able to get to the palace while it was open and only strolled the grounds. |
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| Kyoto Imperial Palace. |
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| Kyoto Imperial Palace. |
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| Kyoto Imperial Palace. |
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| Kyoto Imperial Palace. |
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| Kyoto Imperial Palace. |