 | a03. Irina Mironova. At the crossing of Shijo dori and Karasuma dori. "Dori" is street in Japanese. |
 | a04. Myself. A view to Karasuma dori; center of the city is in opposite direction. Early morning (about 8 am). |
 | a06. Shrine. Right on the street. |
 | a07. On the Shijo dori. |
 | a08. A land of high technologies. |
 | a09. Kamogawa, i.e. Kamo river. Rather shallow and quick. Water is crystal clear. A view from the Shijo Ohashi bridge. |
 | a10. Walking OS/2 advertisement ;-) On the bridge across the Kamogawa river. |
 | a11. Crossed Kamogawa, standing near narrow boulevard. |
 | a13. Real fire brigade. I am not sure whether it was a real fire or just training, but people inside machines were wearing silver suites. Shijo dori. |
 | b11. A view to the river near Kyoto International Conference Hall (KICH). |
 | b12. Street leading to nearby mountain, near KICH. |
 | b13. Hmmm, strange pose I took. Ever seen mummies in Heroes of Might and Magic II computer game? Loos rather similar. |
 | b14. Central Kyoto railway station. |
 | b15. Another view. Myself included. |
 | b33. In the Japanese-style restaurant near KICH (Todoroki). Getting used to eat with sticks. |
 | c22. Pagoda of Toji temple. |
 | c23. Pagoda of Toji temple. Note the rings on the spear. |
 | c24. People come to pray to monk (founder of Toji temple?). |
 | c25. Near the temple entrance similar monk figures can be seen alive. |
 | d15. Two monks walking to the meeting. |
 | f01. Toji temple, central building. On August 21, the huge flea market teems on the temple territory. |
 | f02. Critically looking kimono bought by Irina. |
 | f03. Trade rows. Stunning variety, quantity and colours of eastern market. |
 | f04. As you can see, Japanese love red and orange. |
 | f05. Yasaka pagoda. It is situated right in the living district. |
 | f06. Edge of the roof seems to be decorated with gold coins. |
 | f07. A bit closer. |
 | f08. Street in hystorical Kyoto. Near Yasaka pagoda. |
 | f09. I don't know what it is. But I was amazed. |
 | f10. A view on Kyoto from the hill. |
 | f12. Same shot. Slightly worse than previous. |
 | f14. In the small temple of Imperial Palace park. |
 | f15. In the small temple of Imperial Palace park. |
 | f16. In the small temple of Imperial Palace park. |
 | f17. Imperial Palace park. At the distance you can see the mountain with a cross on it. On August 16 night, it is illuminated by fires. |
 | f18. Small shrine, dedicated to one of half-legendary persons in Kyoto history and boars who saved him from enemies. |
 | g07. Countryside. You can see rice fields in the foreground (this is the road from Nara to Kyoto). |
 | g08. Countryside (this is the road from Nara to Kyoto). |
 | g30. We've got quite a pack of things to carry back to Moscow! |
 | g31. Sigh. Good bye, Kyoto. It was nice to meet you. I'll pray to return to you someday... |