JAPAN - Kyoto
Kyoto served as Japan's capital and th emperor's residence from 794 until 1868 It is now the country's seventh largest city with a population of 1.4 million people and a modern face.
Over the centuries, Kyoto was destroyed by many wars and fires, but due to its historic value, the city was dropped from the list of target cities for the atomic bomb and spared from air raids during World War II. Countless shrines, temples and other historically priceless structures survive in the city today.
BEST TIME to VISIT KYOTO
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to JAPAN
From May to September (more rainy in summer)
Mother and young boy with traditional kimonos
Japanese style house
Kiyomizu-Dera temple - pagoda
Kiyomizu-Dera temple - Symbolic Purification with water before entering in the temple - mother and young girl in kimono
Elegant ladies in kimonos
Elegant ladies
Elegant lady in kimono
Elegant lady in kimono
Kiyomizu-Dera temple - Pagoda
Ladies in kimonos
japanese young women with a kimono
street view with the Yasaka 5 storied pagoda
japanese young women with a kimono
Yasaka 5 storied pagoda
kimono shop
small temple
japanese young women with a kimono
japanese young woman with a kimono
japanese young women with a kimono and a pagoda
japanese young women with a kimono
traditional houses
japanese young woman with a kimono
japanese young women with a kimono
Yasaka 5 storied pagoda
japanese young women with a kimono
traditional houses
young women wearing kimonos are using a tourist carriage pulled by a man
traditional house
japanese young woman with a kimono
traditional japanese house
father and boy with traditional costumes
Kinkaku-Ji - Golden Pavilion
zen garden
bridge
Nijo Palace
street view with bars and restaurants
Nijo Palace
Nijo Palace
Nijo Palace
garden
Imperial Palace from outside
Yasaka-Jinja temple - main entrance
Ponto-cho - view from the other side of the river
Ryoan-Ji - zen temple - rock garden
Kinkaku-Ji - Golden Pavilion
Kinkaku-Ji - Golden Pavilion
Kinkaku-Ji - landscape
Kinkaku-Ji - Golden Pavilion
shop
Kennin-ji temple
restaurant
shop
restaurant
Restaurant
Some japanese are addicted to the Pachinko game - here a long line to enter
small temple
Kiyomizu-Dera temple - ladies wearing kimonos
Kiyomizu-Dera temple - pagoda
Kiyomizu-Dera temple - gate
Souvenir shop - fans
Ladies wearing kimonos
couple wearing kimonos posing for a professional photographer, probably wedding pictures
Elegant japanese style house
small building in a temple near Yasaka pagoda - the wishes are written on small colored balls
Yasaka-Jinja temple
couple wearing kimonos
Yasaka-Jinja temple .
pretty lady in kimono
Yasaka-Jinja temple .
japanese young women with a kimono
traditional house
japanese young women with a kimono
traditional house
japanese young women with a kimono
traditional house
Kennin-ji temple
Kennin-ji temple
traditional house
Kennin-ji temple
traditional house