in e crowds along e road leading up to Kiyomizudera, a bunch of pilgrims in white on e right:
Sannenzaka, a sloping street lined with beautiful Kyoto-style traditional wooden houses, craft shops & restaurants:
many of e traditional houses have at least one such guy on e roof:
this house has plenty of interesting ones =)
super cute incense burner - smoke escapes through its nose & mouth:
think this is e traditional kinda storehouse that people built from earth/clay (more resistant to fire than e wooden houses) to store valuable stuff?
tiny shrine:
not sure what this is for, but many houses have it stuck to their main door:
forgot what this is called:
down Ninenzaka, straight into a TV film crew:
guess who lives here ;)
southern Higashiyama:
sat down on e steps leading up to Kodaiji to change camera battery, & turned around to see this:
map of southern Higashiyama - e cat is covering e light blue, green, red & part of e purple routes today:
Ishibekoji, a little alley lined with beautiful traditional houses:
'rain chain' - e Japanese way of channeling rain water down from roof gutters with minimal splashing & no ugly pipes:
more stuff stuck to e main door, & a nice way to cover up e utility box:
house with a little patch of dry garden:
e cat spotted a tiny path leading off Ishibekoji that didn't have e usual 立入禁止 sign at e entrance, which turned out to be Kyo-rakuichi-nene, a bunch of 14 traditional shops along a short alley that links up to Nene-no-michi:
Nene-no-mchi, with a priest(?) in purple robes hurrying down e street:
Higashiyama & Arashiyama have these jinsha (rickshaw) pullers to cater to tourists:
there is a safety belt secured across e passengers' laps, & a thick red blanket to keep their legs warm
e cat thought this guy was walking his pet sheep....
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