August 23, Saturday. Ryoanji Temple and around. |
 | d01. Pond in the garden of Ryoan-ji temple, where Rock Garden is. |
 | d02. In the Ryoan-ji temple garden. |
 | d03. The trees, moss and rocks look like handpainted. The closest analogy is Legend of Kyrandia 1,2 games. |
 | d04. In the garden. |
 | d05. In the garden. |
 | d06. Ryoan-ji Rock Garden. Verandah. |
 | d07. Ryoan-ji Rock Garden. Rocks. |
 | d08. Ryoan-ji Rock Garden. Thinking about something. |
 | d09. Ryoan-ji Rock Garden. Japanese makes sketches of rocks. |
 | d10. Ryoan-ji Rock Garden. |
 | d11. Ryoan-ji Rock Garden. |
 | d12. Ryoan-ji temple, inner yard. |
 | d13. Ryoan-ji Rock Garden. |
 | d14. Bamboo fence. |
 | d15. Two monks walking to the meeting. |
 | d16. In the forest, on the hill near the temple. |
 | d17. In the forest, on the hill near the temple. Too dark. wrong exposure. |
 | d18. In the forest, on the hill near the temple. Too dark. wrong exposure. |
 | d19. We've reached stone road. Irina is pointing to something. |
 | d20. Ugh. The air is humid and hot in the tropical forest. |
 | d21. Kyoto city, as viewed from the hill. Right part of the panorama. |
 | d22. Kyoto city, as viewed from the hill. Central part of the panorama. |
 | d23. Kyoto city, as viewed from the hill. Left part of the panorama. |
 | d24. Merciless sun takes its toll. |
 | d25. Stone road has ended. Path in the forest. |
 | d26. Another view of Kyoto. |
 | d27. Japanese mountains look wild, but in reality almost everything is covered by paths, sacred places and such. |
 | d28. Looking down from the top. |
 | d29. A bug which produces loud high-pitched noise. The actual length is about 5-6 cm. |
 | d30. Closer. |
 | d31. Mountains. |
 | d32. On the top of the hill. Strange articles are bound to the tree. |
 | d33. Russian women seem to like local fashion. Olga Sil'chenko and Irina Mironova in kimonos. |
 | d35. True Japanese :-) |
 | d36. Irina in kimono. |