The Eye of Patrick

I think no matter how many times I visit Kyoto I will ever get tired of it, there is something about that town that is enchanting and draws me back again. The 2nd day of my girlfriends trip to Kinki was a trip to Kyoto. We were going to do the traditional stuff, like visit Kyozumi Temple. This was my second visit in a long time, as the first visit was at the beginning of the year and I was unable to visit it during the changing of the leaves. But I was lucky this year as the leafs changed not so quick this year so I was able to get the tail end of the change in colours.

We entered the temple in the afternoon, so I was worried we would not be able to get any good pictures. But we were able to get a lot of the golden afternoon light, so I was lucky. The reason that I like this temple so much is that it stands out their on top of a hill and you look out on Kyoto and you feel this is a old country. In Canada so many things that we call old would be considered new. But in Japan they have been able to perserve a long tradition of culture.

I feel lost for words so I will just cut to the chase and post my pictures.

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