 | b34. Nijo castle, Shogun palace. The main building. Comparing to temples and shrines, royal architecture looks modest. |
 | b35. Near the large bell. On the right is Elena Benevolenskaya from St. Peterburg. |
 | b36. Standing in the garden of Nijo castle. |
 | c01. Irina is sitting on warm wooden platform. Note that walls made of paper. |
 | c02. Castle garden. Typical Japanese combination: pond, rocks, trees, moss. |
 | c03. In the garden. |
 | c04. Fence made of bamboo. |
 | c05. Trying to decide whether to walk upstairs to the tower or not. The sun is quickly becoming hot. |
 | c06. View from the tower. You can see broad moat. |
 | c07. A view from the tower to castle garden. |
 | c08. In the castle garden. |
 | c09. Gate. Note the small bamboo clamp in the foreground. |
 | c10. Japanese know how to make beautiful gardens. Really. |
 | c11. Broad lawn. In the garden. |