Travelogue
Japan 2006, Day 14 - Kyoto
2006年の初訪日：14日目（京都）
Short photographic travelogue of day 14 of my first-ever trip to Japan in the spring of 2006.
All photos shot with Nikon digital SLRs, edited in Adobe Lightroom 5.7 / LR Classic and ON1 Photo RAW 2026.
Day 14 of my first Japan trip in 2006 was the last full day spent in Kyoto. After breakfast, I went up Kyoto Tower - I had switched hotels, and my new hotel came with a coupon for the observatory. Views were enjoyable, I particularly liked zooming in on the modern architecture of JR Kyoto Station.
Architectural details of JR Kyoto Station as seen from Kyoto Tower in Kyoto, Japan.
I then went to see Kinkakuji, the “Golden Pavilion” in northern Kyoto whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf.
Kinkakuji in Kyoto, Japan.
In front of Fudo-do Hall at Kinkakuji, incense sticks were burning.
Burning incense in front of Fudo-do Hall at Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.
In the later afternoon, I went back to Ninenzaka slope underneath Kiyomizudera Temple. I ran into this group of visitors who had been dressing and making up as Maiko for the day.
Various fashion styles at Ninenzaka in eastern Kyoto, Japan.
In the evening, I took the train for a short ride to Osaka, where I checked into my next hotel as a base for the activities of day 15.
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