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Osaka/Kyoto May 7/8/9 2011
Photos from a long weekend in Osaka and a trip to nearby Kyoto. Weather was nice for the most part, until the final day when it began to rain. Luckily we were leaving in the afternoon so didn't have to walk around in it for too long!
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_COL4914 Bales of something or other waiting outside a temple after being brought in from the rain.Osaka.
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_COL4909 A small cloister.Osaka.
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postsharposakatower Osaka Castle on a rainy day.Osaka.
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postsharpbnwtower BnW version of Osaka Castle on a rainy day.Osaka.
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_COL4886 View from inside Osaka Castle.Osaka.
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_COL4882 Osaka Castle through trees.Osaka.
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_COL4875-Edit Osaka moat and city.Osaka.
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_COL4860 Wall of Osaka Castle's Moat. Osaka.
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_COL4858 Wall of Osaka Castle's Moat. Osaka.
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_COL4853 An Osaka Police Officer. A group of other officers are standing our of frame on the right chanting while this officer inches out onto the rope shouting a response to the chants. Finally he drops and slides along the rope to the other side.Osaka.
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_COL4843 Fat Man's Reflection. Osaka.
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postsharpfatman The Fat Man. Not sure what the Japanese call these shops, but they are essentially glorified Pound Shops.Dotombori, Osaka.
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postsharpmainstreet Amusement Park, Dotombori, Osaka.A building front along Kani Douraku Canal.
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postsharpbuilding1 Building Fronts, Dotombori, Osaka.Buildings along Kani Douraku Canal.
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postsharpocto Local Cuisine. An octopus take-away along Kani Douraku canal, Dotombori, Osaka.
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_COL4810 Restaurant Front, Dotombori, Osaka.
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postsharp4795 Kyoto Imperial Palace. Arrived too late in the evening to get inside, but I snapped this shot of a side gate while the sky filled in bringing the following day's rain with it.Kyoto.
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_COL4787 Teddybears Fishing.Old Canal, Kyoto.
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compoCOL4782-Edit Kyoto Side Street.Old canal, Kyoto.
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bnwCOL4782-Edit Side Street Black and White.Old Canal, Kyoto.
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_COL4767 On the Edge. Old Canal, Kyoto.
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_COL4760 Cats, Old Canal, Kyoto.some well looked after cats hung about the canal.While photographing them, an older local westerner came along and gave them a good feed.Just like all Japanese, the cats were very civilised about the whole ordeal.
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_COL4758 Duck and Cat.Old Canal, Kyoto.
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_COL4756 Entance into what may have been a restaurant.Old Canal, Kyoto.
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_COL4751 Kyoto Old Canal.
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postsharpbridge Kyoto Old Canal.This was an of the tourist trail canal that we stumbled across. Very charming and relaxing, and popular with locals walking their dogs.
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_COL4740 Monk at Heian Shrine, Kyoto.
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_COL4738 Monk walking in Heian Shrine, Kyoto.
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_COL4737 Duck and Turle.Heian Shrine, Kyoto.
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2COL4723 Time Out.Bridge across lake at Heian Shrine, Kyoto.
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2COL4721 Bridge over a lake, Heian Temple, Kyoto.
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manwoman2 Stepping Stones.Heian Temple, Kyoto.
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_COL4705 Heian Temple Gardens, Kyoto.
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_COL4692 Pond at Heian Temple, Kyoto. Unfortunately we arrived at midday, which is not the most flattering light for nature photography!
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_COL4667 Prayer Tree, Heian Temple, Kyoto.
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flipped2 Heian Temple, Kyoto.
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postsharpstreet Sunday Shoppers, Yasaka side streets, Kyoto.
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colourCOL4652 Curio Shop, Yasaka Area, Kyoto.
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_COL4630 Taxi and Temple, Yasaka side streets, Kyoto.
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_COL4626 In the Frame. An art student sketches Yasaka Pagoda.Yasaka side streets, Kyoto.
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finalCOL4623 Yasaka Side Streets, Kyoto. The alleys and side streets wending their in the surrouds of Yasaka Pagoda offer a myriad of small temples and curio shops. Quaint is the best word.
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2COL4617-Edit Yasaka Pagoda, Kyoto.
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BUDDHAPANOUNFINAL Buddha at Peace.A large buddha statue and lush mountains at Kodaiji Temple, Yasaka area, Kyoto.
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warmCOL4597 Kyoto Postcard, Yasaka area, Kyoto.
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_COL4591-Edit Self Portrait, Kind of!!! Yasaka area, Kyoto.
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_COL4572 Roofs at Yasak Shrine, Kyoto.
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_COL4570 Drinkin cups, Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto.
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_COL4568 Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto.
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_COL4561 Stumped, Kiyomizudera Temple, Kyoto.
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_COL4560 Kimono, Kiyomizudera Temple. Suprisingly, quite a few Japanese wear wearing Kimonos on this Sunday that I was there.
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