Ebisuya Rickshaw (Bamboo Path)
The Arashiyama Bamboo Grove is one of Kyoto's top sights and for a good reason: standing amid these soaring stalks of bamboo is like being in another world.
Rickshaw drivers hamming it up :-)
Our rickshaw driver - doing this for 12 years
Kinkakuji Temple (Golden Pavilion)
Kinkakuji is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto whose top two floors are covered in gold leaf (The total weight of gold is 44 lb or 20 kg).
Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)
Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)
Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)
The Beckers at the Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)
The Beckers at the Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)
Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)
Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)
Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)
Leaves just starting to change in Japan
Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)
Japanese Lunch at Uosaburo
Uosaburo is a Japanese kaiseki traditional and gastronomic restaurant. Lords and nobles patronized the establishment during the Edo period (1603 - 1868), and nowadays, with more than 250 years of history, it continues to serve its customers high-end regional cuisine and is a Michelin Star restaurant.
Uosaburo - a Michelin Star restaurant
Uosaburo - a Michelin Star restaurant
Lunch at Uosaburo - a Michelin Star restaurant
Lunch at Uosaburo - a Michelin Star restaurant
Lunch at Uosaburo - a Michelin Star restaurant
Fushimi Inari Shrine
Fushimi Inari Shrine (Fushimi Inari Taisha) is an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto. It is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind its main buildings. The trails lead into the wooded forest of the sacred Mount Inari, which stands at 233 meters and belongs to the shrine grounds.
Fushimi Inari Shrine - the shrine's main hall (honden) where all visitors are encouraged to pay respect to the resident deity.
Fushimi Inari Shrine - the shrine's main hall (honden) where all visitors are encouraged to pay respect to the resident deity.
Fushimi Inari Shrine - the shrine's main hall (honden) where all visitors are encouraged to pay respect to the resident deity.
One of the many stone fox statues which are known as Inari foxes or kitsune.
One of the many stone fox statues which are known as Inari foxes or kitsune.
One of the many stone fox statues which are known as Inari foxes or kitsune.
One of the many stone fox statues which are known as Inari foxes or kitsune.
One of the many stone fox statues which are known as Inari foxes or kitsune.
One of the many stone fox statues which are known as Inari foxes or kitsune.
One of the many stone fox statues which are known as Inari foxes or kitsune.
A few of the thousands of vermilion torii gates which straddle a network of trails
A few of the thousands of vermilion torii gates which straddle a network of trails
A few of the thousands of vermilion torii gates which straddle a network of trails
A few of the thousands of vermilion torii gates which straddle a network of trails
A few of the thousands of vermilion torii gates which straddle a network of trails
