| August 17, Sunday. Streets of Kyoto, Maruyama park, KICH. |
 | a03. Irina Mironova. At the crossing of Shijo dori and Karasuma dori. "Dori" is street in Japanese. |
 | a04. Myself. A view to Karasuma dori; center of the city is in opposite direction. Early morning (about 8 am). |
 | a05. First encounter with small shrine. We were rather puzzled and didn't knew what's that. |
 | a06. Shrine. Right on the street. |
 | a07. On the Shijo dori. |
 | a08. A land of high technologies. |
 | a09. Kamogawa, i.e. Kamo river. Rather shallow and quick. Water is crystal clear. A view from the Shijo Ohashi bridge. |
 | a10. Walking OS/2 advertisement ;-) On the bridge across the Kamogawa river. |
 | a11. Crossed Kamogawa, standing near narrow boulevard. |
 | a12. Dreaming about things on display. After checking, they appeared to be not that tasty compared to how they look. |
 | a13. Real fire brigade. I am not sure whether it was a real fire or just training, but people inside machines were wearing silver suites. Shijo dori. |
 | a14. Entrance to Yasaka shrine and Maruyama park (at the end of Shijo dori). |
 | a15. Entrance to Yasaka shrine and Maruyama park (at the end of Shijo dori). |
 | a16. Shrine gate. The orange colour is beautiful. |
 | a17. Place to drink and wash hands. Similar ones are present at every shrine. |
 | a18. Yup! Irina tries to choose a hat. She didn't succeeded though (good ones are way too expensive). |
 | a19. This is the main shrine. At night, all lanterns are lit. |
 | a20. Sacred lantern. Some kind of a donation to gods. |
 | a21. Southern gate of Yasaka shrine. |
 | a22. Roofs are really worth looking at. |
 | a23. People ask for divine help here. See next shot. |
 | a24. The procedure is as follows: put a coin into special box, pull a cord (the bells will chime), clap hands and bow. Don't forget to tell god about your wishes. You see the woman at the left in the end of the prayer. |
 | a25. Trying to do the same. Not really sure what I asked this time. Probably just wanted to say "Thanks" to gods. |
 | b01. Large tree in the Maruyama park. |
 | b02. On the alley leading to Otani shrine. 17 August; the alley is decorated with paper lanterns. |
 | b03. Another fine example of typical roof. Still don't know exactly what it was made of. |
 | b04. Blooming tree, emerald pine and white lanterns - beautiful sight. |
 | b05. She didn't exactly liked to be photographed this time. |
 | b06. Shoes are to be taken off before entering. |
 | b07. I believe this is the actual Otani shrine. Otani was a monk who founded it. |
 | b08. Another view. Note the incense smoke. |
 | b09. Pond with coloured fish in Maruyama park. There are also turtles in it. |
 | b10. Irina seems to be happy. This is the first day, it's morning and sun isn't burning. Yet. |
 | b11. A view to the river near Kyoto International Conference Hall (KICH). |
 | b12. Street leading to nearby mountain, near KICH. |
 | b13. Hmmm, strange pose I took. Ever seen mummies in Heroes of Might and Magic II computer game? Loos rather similar. |