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Monday, August 16, 2010

Day 4 - Nara, Kyoto

After arriving in Kyoto, we headed to Kiyomizu-dera, a famous temple located quite high up the hill and overlooks the city of Kyoto.


Picture - Temple entrance

View of Kyoto city from Kiyomizudera
The pagoda of Kiyomizudera
The route to Kiyomizudera, small streets walled by little shops.

That night in Kyoto was the lighting of five bonfires on the distant mountains, called the Gozan no Okuribi, and so it was like Nara, with many people gathered to try and view the five bonfires.


Again no good shot of it, so here's one from the web.

Night life in Kyoto is really chill, very much like a Holland Village or Clarke Quay, just bigger and nicer.

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