Pictures of Japanese temples and stuff.
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Kyoto is known for it's Temples, statues, and other remnants of historical Japan. Unfortunately, there were a lot of really cool displays where pictures were not allowed.
Kinkakujin(Golden Temple, sometimes called Golden Pavilion)
This is a temple made of real gold. Probably the coolest thing in Kyoto to see.
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The three teachers who went on the trip, the Principal, and me.
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Shots of the temple.
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Another temple in Kyoto.
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Another temple in Kyoto. This one also had a bunch of other interesting stuff on display, see pictures below.
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Some really big footprints in a rock. Don't think they're real.
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Some statue of a really short guy.
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A place to get water for some reason.
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The two "love stones" see description above. No, I didn't try it, mainly because there were way too many people around, it was hard enough just to get a picture of both stones, you have to look hard to see the second stone.
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A geisha-looking person hanging around the temply-touristy area.
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A mountain with a huge "kanji" character burned into the trees. The character means "big".
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Teaching staff outside the 1000 statues display. No pictures were allowed inside, and let me tell you it's really a shame. There's 1000 statues that are all only a little different from each other, and there's also about 25 other statues that depict Japanese gods or something.
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Some nice temply-architecture.
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Some more temply-architecture.
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Me at the gate to Nijo castle.
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The grounds at Nijo castle, don't ask me what those weird hay things are for.
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More scenery at Nijo castle. Looks like paradise.
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Some of the wealthier rocks of Nijo castle, as you can see, most people in Japan are pretty honest. Remember, in Japan, 100 yen and 500 yen are both in coin form, and are both present by these rocks (about $1 and $5).
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