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Kyoto 2016 |
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| After finishing our business trips in east Asia, we met in Kyoto and spent four days there to admire the cultural richness of Japan's historic capital. We visited the Kinkaku-Ji, also known as the "Golden Pavilion", one of Japan's most famous sights. Other Buddhist temples were the Daitoku-Ji with its famous raked gravel gardens, the monumental Nanzen-Ji and Chion-In temples, Fushimi Inari-Taisha with its thousands of gates, colorful Kiyomizu-Dera and the Nijō castle. Quite a lot of fun was the Arashiyama Monkey Park with an opportunity to feed wild Japanese macaque. The nearby city of Nara hosts one of the world's larges wooden structures, the Daibutsu-Den hall, which houses one of the world's largest bronze statute of Buddha, the 15m tall Daibutsu. |
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Karamon gate
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Ninomaru palace
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Ninomaru palace garden
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Ninomaru palace garden
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Ninomaru palace garden
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Inner moat
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| Daitoku-Ji | |||||||||
Entrance to temple
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Buddha
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Raked gravel garden
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Gravel garden
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Tree with supported branches
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Temple
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Scholar figure
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Grave yard
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Temple with garden patio
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View from patio to garden
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View from patio to garden
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Garden
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Wandering lane
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Wandering lane
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| Kinkaku-Ji | |||||||||
Golden pavilion in garden landscape
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Portrait with golden pavilion
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Ship-like tree
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Temple
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Women praying at the temple
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| Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama | |||||||||
Bicycling
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View on Kyoto and the monkey park visitors building
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Panoramic view on Kyoto
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Japanese macaque
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Japanese macaque
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Japanese macaques waiting for food
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Japanese macaque waiting for food
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Japanese macaque being fed
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Japanese macaque being fed
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Japanese macaque being fed
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Japanese macaque delousing one of its peers
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Japanese macaque family
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Japanese macaques playing
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Japanese macaques playing
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Yard with macaques in front of the visitor building
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| Kibune | |||||||||
Gate to the Yuki-jinja shrine
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Yuki-jinja shrine
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Stairs to the Yuki-jinja shrine
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Kibune-gawa
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Buildings on the main road
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Buildings on the main road
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| Kurama-Dera | |||||||||
Temple
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Well
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River and bridge
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Temple
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Giant tree
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Main gate
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Preparations for the Kurama fire festival
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Preparations for the Kurama fire festival
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| Nanzen-Ji | |||||||||
San-mon
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San-mon
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Main hall
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Aqueduct
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Hōjō garden
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Hōjō with view on garden and waterfall
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Hōjō garden
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| Chion-In | |||||||||
San-mon
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Buddha
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| Higashiyama Area | |||||||||
Tower
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Bamboo forest
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Geishas
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Geishas
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| Kiyomizu-Dera | |||||||||
Main entrance
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Tower
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Temple
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Panoramic view on the main hall
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Otowa-no-taki waterfall with sacred water
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Tower
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| Gion Corner Performances | |||||||||
Flower arrangement
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Kyogen theater
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Kyo-mai dance
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| Fushimi Inari-Taisha | |||||||||
Main entrance
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Temple
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Fox figure
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Pathway lined with torii
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Torii pathway
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Torii pathway
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Torii pathway
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Torii pathway
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Torii pathway
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| Nara | |||||||||
Tame deer in the midst of people
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Nandai-mon
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Portrait with deers
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Tōdai-ji
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Daibutsu-den hall
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Daibutsu-den hall
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Binzuru
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Main entrance to the Daibutsu-den hall
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Daibutsu (great Buddha)
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Daibutsu (great Buddha)
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Kokuzo Bosatsu
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Tamonten
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Nigatsu-dō
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Nigatsu-dō
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View from Nigatsu-dō on Daibutsu-den hall and Nara
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