Back to Kyoto

Took a pre-Holiday trip (they have Thanksgiving here too, kind of...) to Kyoto with our the members of our Japanese class and the always-awesome Osaki-sensei who was in rare forming cracking on everyone and keeping us in line. We managed to go to completely different spots this time than last, so the trip was nice. It was a weekend though - and this is prime Maple-viewing time - so there were even more people at all the temples than last time. (The first photo above is the narrow street leading up to one of the shrines>) At some it was almost impossible to move without shoving. Pretty ridiculous. The one time I got free time to myself, I walked in the wrong direction & missed out on the record store I wanted to give all my money to. Oh well. At least this time we actually have some photos to share.




One of the most note-worthy things though, was that we just happened upon a Shinto (i think...) wedding ceremony and that afterwards the wedding party ended up at the same restaurant as us. Here's a pic of the bride: