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| The Aquaphor |
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| Mainland Chinese favorite Instagram pose, we used this to photobomb people blocking busy tourist areas trying to get "the shot", here at Nijo Castle a gift by Shogun to the emperor of Japan as a reminder of who has real power, the real power is the photobomb! Ha! |
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| Ai is good but unable to remove all distractions |
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| Built in such a way that each area was another way to stop an attack. Low ceilings (hard to use a sword in low ceiling areas) and many symbols of power (tigers that Japanese artist had never seen in person) are throughout. |
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| Many symbols of life and power in this waterscape |
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| A dry gutter |
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| Shrines everywhere (there are several thousand in Kyoto alone), we stopped by a famous shopping area, the Compasso Teramachi with, surprise, a shrine. |
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| Fushimi Inari Shrine |
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| Tea ceremony, amazing and fun. The welcome treat |
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| Macha tea uses the same leaves as any other tea, just not fermented and grown in the shade |
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| Boys are given the special attention by our host |
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| Showing respect |
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| G making the tea, he's a master. Men often hosted tea ceremony with origins tied to the samurai |
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| One of the few rainy days |
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| Metal work in Japan never disappoints even for a manhole cover |
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| Stopped by the Kyoto International Manga Museum |
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