on the day before my conference, i met Satoshi, an old VT friend, and we went around looking at popular temples, along with lots and lots of other tourists
a formal gateway to a temple complex
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Kinkaku-ji, the golden temple
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autumn leaves in the temple grounds
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a golden statuette atop Kinkaku-ji
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me and Satoshi at Kinkaku-ji
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some very cool looking life-size bonsai in the lake
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traditional roof structures
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even the doorways had coverings
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people walking among the trees going to and from the temple
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the entrance to Ryoan-ji, with bamboo rails
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apparently this is the absolute original Zen garden ... left side
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right side of the Zen garden, with lots of people sitting alongside trying to find inspiration
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three islands of rocks in their fixed positions in the garden
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a temple building
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Satoshi in the vegetarian temple restaurant
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the Tofu dish we had for lunch, while looking out through all glass windows at surrounding fish ponds
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another Zen garden at Eikando temple
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view from the pagoda at the top of the hill overlooking eastern Kyoto
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very spectacular entrance to another temple
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wooden buildings with screen possibly to prevent people falling out ?
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entrance to Higahi-Honganji temple close to my hotel
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vehicles driving past the temple smack in the middle of the city
