10_Kyoto32.jpg=Kyoto - Heron near the Kamo River. A very popular Japanese art subject
10_Kyoto24.jpg=Kyoto - Gyogan-ji temple 行願寺(ぎょうがんじ)
10_Kyoto3.jpg=Kyoto - Kamo River
10_Kyoto16.jpg=Kyoto Imperial Palace grounds - most unusual trees
10_Kyoto40.jpg=Kyoto - Back to the main Kyoto station
10_Kyoto31.jpg=Kyoto - Old (City hall) and new
10_Kyoto5.jpg=Tokyo to Kyoto on the Shinkansen
10_Kyoto14.jpg=Kyoto Imperial Palace grounds.
10_Kyoto33.jpg=Kyoto International Manga Museum is hosting an entire exhibition dedicated to Hisashi Eguchi, one of Japan’s most prominent manga artists.
10_Kyoto23.jpg=Kyoto - Gyogan-ji temple 行願寺(ぎょうがんじ)
10_Kyoto41.jpg=Kyoto - Back to the main Kyoto station
10_Kyoto4.jpg=I remember this event well as a Communications Consultant and the effect on business. The earthquake that devastated the city of Kobe, 40 miles to the southwest, did not at first do much damage in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto. But since then the economic aftershocks have been rattling Kyoto without interruption, cutting sharply into tourism and myriad related businesses.
10_Kyoto15.jpg=Kyoto Imperial Palace grounds - most unusual trees
10_Kyoto21.jpg=Kyoto - Shimogoryo Shrine (境内の拝殿)
DSC_0425.JPG=Kyoto - near the Kamo River
10_Kyoto35.jpg=Kyoto - Kamo River
DSC_0456.JPG=Kyoto - Back to the main Kyoto station
10_Kyoto1.jpg=After a subway trip from Kyoto (central) railway station, we start our walk at the Kyoto Imperial Palace grounds.
10_Kyoto18.jpg=Outside Kyoto Imperial Palace grounds - eventually we might see (car) charging stations in Oz
10_Kyoto22.jpg=Kyoto - Gyogan-ji temple 行願寺(ぎょうがんじ)
DSC_0439.JPG=Kyoto - Pontocho District
10_Kyoto.jpg=Kyoto - Heron, a very popular Japanese art subject
10_Kyoto34.jpg=Kyoto - Manga (comic book) museum
10_Kyoto2.jpg=Kyoto Imperial Palace grounds.
10_Kyoto17.jpg=Kyoto Imperial Palace grounds - most unusual trees
10_Kyoto8.jpg=Tokyo to Kyoto on the Shinkansen
10_Kyoto10.jpg=Kyoto (central) railway station - looks like someone used a giant Meccano set
10_Kyoto9.jpg=Tokyo to Kyoto on the Shinkansen
10_Kyoto37.jpg=Kyoto - Pontocho District
10_Kyoto29.jpg=Kyoto - old narrow streets
10_Kyoto19.jpg=Kyoto - Shimogoryo Shrine (境内の拝殿)
10_Kyoto20.jpg=Kyoto - Shimogoryo Shrine (境内の拝殿)
10_Kyoto27.jpg=Kyoto - Gyogan-ji temple 行願寺(ぎょうがんじ)
10_Kyoto36.jpg=Kyoto - Pontocho District
10_Kyoto11.jpg=Kyoto (central) railway station - looks like someone used a giant Meccano set
10_Kyoto28.jpg=Kyoto - old narrow streets
Manga06.jpg=Kyoto - Manga (comic book) museum
DSC_0310.JPG=Tokyo to Kyoto on the Shinkansen again - a 520km train journey
10_Kyoto6.jpg=Tokyo to Kyoto on the Shinkansen
10_Kyoto26.jpg=Kyoto - Gyogan-ji temple 行願寺(ぎょうがんじ)
10_Kyoto13.jpg=Kyoto - Shimogoryo Shrine (境内の拝殿)
10_Kyoto39.jpg=Kyoto - Pontocho District
10_Kyoto42.jpg=Kyoto - We had noticed these service stations but thought they were just for repairs, but they are petrol stations with the fuel hoses hanging from the roof
DSC_0391.JPG=Kyoto - Gyogan-ji temple 行願寺(ぎょうがんじ)
10_Kyoto25.jpg=Kyoto - Gyogan-ji temple 行願寺(ぎょうがんじ)
10_Kyoto7.jpg=Tokyo to Kyoto on the Shinkansen
10_Kyoto12.jpg=Kyoto - traditional old house, a lot converted to shops/business
10_Kyoto38.jpg=Kyoto - near the Kamo River
10_Kyoto30.jpg=Kyoto - Manga (comic book) museum
10_Kyoto43.jpg=Kyoto - Back to the main Kyoto station for our return train to Tokyo
