Shinkansen High Speed Train
Kyoto Kolor
Cleaning Crew awaits next bullet train
Interior view
Light Display on steps of Kyoto train station
Outside Kyoto Station
Nijo-jo - once a military stronghold
Moat and walls of fortress
Ornate Entry Gate
Spectacular garden blossoms of Nijo-jo
Ryoanji Temple with raked rock garden
Panorama of rock garden
Aged and bandaged cherry tree, blooming yet again
A type of Japanese maple that is red in spring
Glorious colors
Kinkaku-ji or Golden Pavilion in real gold leaf
Once a shogun's home
Complex of temples & gardens
Elegant simplicity
Statuary
Adorned statuary
Rickshaws seemed popular
Western Kyoto Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
Like a taxi stand
Child in Kimono
Quiet walk amid TALL bamboo
Shrines abound
Fushimi Inari -Taisha Temple
"Ema" wishes on wood and colorful origami cranes in strings
Sacred stone fox represents god "Inari" with grain bundle in mouth
Painting and metalwork on temple
Vermillion shrine
Thousands of torii in arcades up the mountain
A walk on the orange side
Inari (fox) emblems with written wishes
Sacred fox figures adorn temples
Kimono dress-up to stroll torii arcades
Shaking box to produce rolled paper fortune
Unfavorable fortunes tied to shrubs
Lantern lined walkway
Gorgeous temple work
Pachinko parlors for when one is "templed-out"
Enticing Restaurant entry
Sushi bar - YUM