• A view of Kyoto from our hotel

• A view of Kyoto from our hotel

• 'The moon and the sun, Share a spring Kyoto sky, With clouds in the wind.' Haiku by KCC

• Judy, Dorinda, and Kathryn: Guess which tour they are on?

• The entrance to Ginkaku-ji Temple, also known as the Silver Pavilion

• With apologies to Wallace Stevens: 'It was raining. And it was going to rain.'

• The plan to gild the pavilion in silver was never realized.

• At Ginkaku-ji, the Silver Pavilion

• Departing Ginkaku-ji

• 'Velvet gray-green moss, Even cold hard stone succumbs, To your gentle touch.' Haiku by KCC

• 'Travelling through Japan with Frank Lloyd Wright, Museums, temples, shrines, spires, art, Laughing, walking, eating, memories for our keeping.' Haiku by Judy Hodson

• Kawai Kanjiro's House

• Kawai Kanjiro was a potter who helped revolutionize Japanese pottery by emphasizing the 'beauty of everyday things'

• The garden at Kawai Kanjiro's House

• The garden at Kawai Kanjiro's House

• The opening to the wood-fired kiln at Kawai Kanjiro's house

• Kawai Kanjiro's kiln

• A photograph of Kawai Kanjiro and some of his pottery

• A tremedous storm erupted just as we arrived at Sanjusangen-do Temple, which is purported to be the longest wooden structure in the world and contains 1001 carved Kannon (goddess of mercy).

• 'A typhoon rages, One thousand one Buddhas watch, Peace is in our souls.' Haiku by Jan Kieckhefer --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *****Because photos in the Buddha hall were not permitted, this photo was scanned from a booklet purchased at the temple that was not copyrighted.*****

• Sanjusangen-do Temple

• Sanjusangen-do Temple

• American fast food restaurants were common in Japan's large cities.

• This wonderful shabu-shabu dinner was not served at McDonald's!

• Some of the delicious ingredients for our shabu-shabu dinner

• Ryoan-ji Temple

• Ryoan-ji Temple rock garden of white gravel and 15 stones that many consider to be the ultimate expression of Zen Buddhism

• Another building on the Temple grounds

• The Temple's lower pond garden predates the arrival of Zen Buddhism to Japan and the creation of the rock garden.

• Pond detail

• Daitoku-ji Temple contains a host of subtemples.

• The entrance to Daisen-in

• 'Shoes on stone, socks on wood'

• The entrance path at Koto-in

• The path continues as Koto-in dedicates 20% of its land to just this entryway, an extraordinary transition device.

• A tea room at Daitoku-ji. The modern Japanese tea ceremony was formailized at Daitoku-ji by Sen no Rikyu (1522-91).

• Gutter detail

• Roof detail

• An Italian dinner

• Craig & Judy at dinner

• Entrance to Fushimi Inari Shrine

• Jim preparing to enter the shrine

• Foxes are often found in Inari shrines. The key in the fox's mouth is to the rice granary.

• Inari is the popular deity of rice and sake

• Fushimi is a noted sake-making district.

• Torii-shaped prayer tablets

• 'Plaid ribbon stretched taut, The reds accented with gold, Friendship strengthened love.' Haiku by Janet Gregory

• Fox-shaped prayer tablets

• Jan and Jim

• Craig and Judy

• Doug

• The location of our dinner this evening