Kyoto

Sep 16, 2014 - 1 min read

Summer Evening in Gion Higashiyama

Taking advantage of a cooler, less crowded time of day

By Cathy Cawood

Community writer

In Kyoto many young women wear yukata in summer

Yasaka pagoda stands tall at the end of the street

Red gate of a shrine, now closed for the night

The streets are lined with beautiful traditional style houses

Picturesque paved streets descend from Kiyomizu temple

Pine branch overhangs a wood and plaster wall

A red covered bench outside a restaurant where customers can wait for a table

The evening sun makes leaf patterns on a wall

Earlier in the day this street would have been crowded

Thick shutter windows wide open to let heat trapped in the building escape

A restaurant worker ducks through a small door in the wooden wall

A view of Yasaka tower

If you're tired of walking you can take a rickshaw

Lamps begin to glow in gardens and restaurant entrances even before the light is gone

Gion Higashiyama is popular with tourists for good reason! It's a fascinating area rich in tradition and beautiful detail. Because it is so popular it is usually crowded, but I went there one summer evening and found it less busy than usual. I could enjoy taking photos of the traditional buildings and beautiful streets.

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