KYOTO

These are just a few snaps from in and around Kyoto...

Actually, this first picture isn't tecnically Kyoto. It's Kibune which was about 40 minutes out of town in the mountains. We walked from there to Kurama... where I had my first onsen (Japanese bath) experience.

Stepping stones at Heian jingu.

The Golden Pavilion. You can just see that there is red carpet laid down on the ground floor. That was for George W. Bush who was there about an hour before us!

More Autumn leaves. These were at the Silver Pavilion.

Ryoan-ji zen garden.