More Pictures!

This is Adam. Here's some more pictures for you all, from the shrines of Kyoto.

This one is Bob and Steve, from somewhere on the grounds of the Ginkaku-ji (Silver Temple).

Steve and I on the Philosopher's Walk. This is the path that goes by many of the temples on the east side of Kyoto. For the Portlanders out there, the area reminded me a bit of Washington Park. It's a wooded, hilly area within city limits, that's been given over to parklands.

This is me at the entrance to the Honenin Temple. I really liked this one. It was overgrown and dark, and the entrance behind me looked like it the kind of thing I'd put in a fantasy world.

Here's Bob sitting near one of the little shrines. We were all hot--it was in the high 80s or early 90s, with enough humidity to kill a small child. Bob bought a cheap fan that he was using all day...though we think it might have properly been a lady's fan.

This is a lucky rat statue from the same grounds as the above photo of Bob. There were two of them, and they looked like they belonged in a Disney cartoon. This one was tall and skinny, and his companion was short and rotund. "What are we doing tonight, Brain?"

And here's Bob walking away from Steve, on the grounds of the Eikan-do Temple. This is the headquarters of the "Pure Land" sect of Buddhism. Personally, I found the name more than a little creepy. They had a really cool temple, though.

That's all for now. Hope things are good with all of you.