My trip to Kyoto!

Kyoto, a famous place which has a japanese traditional atmosphere from the past.

清水寺 Kiyomizu temple
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Japanese trees are so round!
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washing hands before getting in the temple is just nomal manner:)
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people are relaxing and eating cold sweets to make them cool down;) we can see this kind of small restaurant in only shrines or temples.
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Each of the three water falls has their own specific wish; to be healthy, succeed in studying, grow a love relationship..which will you choose?
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they all are candies! sushi sushi..
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old style road which is made of stones.
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芸者 geisha ,tourist can dress as geisha too!
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such a healthy food set with a lot of vegitables!
this is a Kyoto style meal.
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japanese sweets! my favorite!:D
inside of it there are sweet beans.
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京都駅 Kyoto station. we can see such a beautiful night view of Kyoto from the top of the station!
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wow...beauitful...and so different from what i am used to seeing (mostly from europe).

Great job maki

great pics! :cool: i like those sweets! it looks cute! and Kiyomizudera can say is the finest Zen buddist architecture in Japan! very close to nature too!

AWESOME PHOTOS MAKI-CHAN.
KYOTO IS BEAUTIFUL , THERE IS SO MUCH HISTORY.

thank you for comments guys!!

great pics!! Thanx!

I've not been to Kyoto for the last 4 years.:ohno:

great pics!! Thanx!

I've not been to Kyoto for the last 4 years.:ohno:

7 years here :(

7 years here

i have been to kyoto by high school trip once.
more than 25 years ago...

My memory of Kyoto was to peep into girl's bathroom with my class mates and to have caught by teacher.

I was always sleeping without visiting the temples in the bus.
I remember that I sang this song in a bus
I dont know Whenever listening to this song, I regrets.

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=dFclsoaFOLc

Great pics Maki ありがとう! :)

Damn, that haafu guy in those pics is HOT!

who??

old style road which is made of stones.
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THIS GUY!!! :drool:
Is dat your brother, maki-chan?

yeah we are half french and half japanese, but he looks the least asian of our siblings and the most european. I guess i look the most asian and then my younger brother and then him...(you can see me in izakaya the girls thread.. here http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=307048&page=9)

I am suprised you guessed it right by saying 'haafu' since most just say he looks european..

SO other then my brother no comment on the pictures?!

No, No, your pics are great, Maki-chan! Makes me wanna hop on a plane and see Kyoto myself (last time I was there, I was a screaming 5-year old...) Unfortunately, I got distracted by your brother, hehe. I can tell straight away he's haafu, 'cos I'm one, too. I think we have an inbuilt ability to detect other haafus!

great pics

i love those pics! i haven't been to kyoto for 2 years and that's too long for me. such a relaxed atmosphere compared to here. if i lived in osaka i think i'd go to kyoto every weekend...

Great pics. I visited there in 2003, it was a blast. Just remembered it was really humid though, but that's b/c I live in a Mediterranean climate.

Hey guys thanks for the comments!!!

Here are some more pictures of kyoto!(i edited my brother out because he would get REALLY ANGRY with me if he knew i am posting him online!!:lol:)

This is most famous temple in japan for love!
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My cousin bought a pretty japanese fan, Sensu;)
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Fortune goods!!
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Sorry for the edits!! I know they ruin the pictures....:ohno:

I am planning to visit kyoto again during the fall when it is most beautiful.


Bonus Here are some more pictures of kyoto from the net..
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/KyotoSkyline.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/KyotoAutumn.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Templeofthegoldenpavilion.jpg/450px-Templeofthegoldenpavilion.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Japanese_buddhist_monk_by_Arashiyama_cut.jpg/435px-Japanese_buddhist_monk_by_Arashiyama_cut.jpg
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~doron/kyoto.JPG

Sorry for the edits!! I know they ruin the pictures....:ohno:
that would be my fault! sorry, maki-chan. :lol:

^^ did u when into the Kinkakuji golden pavilion? i really like that building! :cool:

Excellent shots Maki!!! I especially like that last one.

Definately I place I'd like to go visit.

I love hanging around those old templese. Stillness of the surroundings and great views are perfect to know how
people have lived. Of cource, Kyoto's local dishes are great stuff. Especially, if you can find out the different
taste from other prefecture, you could be a gourmet of Japanese food. Real kyoto's food are definately taste of
supremacy for Japanese but they're expensive.:okay:

Can your cousin speak Japanese like you?

Kyoutendouchi, is that correct? Amazing? Don't know a lot of japanese, but I'm trying :P.

Do you happen to have more pictures of downtown at night? When i went a typhoon was coming/hit, so it was real nasty and wet most of the time I was there, so didn't get a lot of pics. :[

芸者 geisha ,tourist can dress as geisha too!
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I wonder why the Geishas do extremely thick make-ups.

My cousin bought a pretty japanese fan, Sensu;)
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I particularly like photos #4, #13 and #14, are those actual woodlands within the city?

OMG... Kyoto is so beautiful!!! Or Japan is sooo beautiful!

I love hanging around those old templese. Stillness of the surroundings and great views are perfect to know how
people have lived. Of cource, Kyoto's local dishes are great stuff. Especially, if you can find out the different
taste from other prefecture, you could be a gourmet of Japanese food. Real kyoto's food are definately taste of
supremacy for Japanese but they're expensive.:okay:

Can your cousin speak Japanese like you?

no not like me,my japanese is bad you know that :p she is japanese 100% i am only half. She lives and was born/grew up in Wakayama

^^ ur cousins looks bit like my sister.. :uh:

OH,Japan looks so fantasitic and so peaceful(except for the persons who have invaded the other country and didn't admit it.)

>.<"

No need to bring in politics or w/e in this thread please

hey, I remember seeing the tall pagoda in that big picture from last page when I was passing by in the shinkansen. It was very striking. Kyoto is truely a historic city, comparable to Quebec of Canada and Kyongju of S.Korea (all favorite targets for school trips)

hey, I remember seeing the tall pagoda in that big picture from last page when I was passing by in the shinkansen. It was very striking. Kyoto is truely a historic city, comparable to Quebec of Canada and Kyongju of S.Korea (all favorite targets for school trips)

i think kyoto is older then quebec >_>

i think kyoto is older then quebec >_>

Quebec (founded 400 years ago or so), has much less historical depth than kyoto.. but for canadians, it's nonetheless 'highly historical' :D.

This being said: Quebec is actually not bad, feels a bit like a 'young' carcassonne..

Lovely pics - lovely place! :)

I particularly like photos #4, #13 and #14, are those actual woodlands within the city?
In and around :)
Lovely pics - lovely place! :)

thanks