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Kyoto 9 Nov 2007
This is from inside the grounds of the temple. The thing in the distance is Kyoto Tower, which is across the street from the (quite modern-looking) rail station.
It did not occur to me until several days later that the Kyoto Tower is probably designed to provide an overview "tour" of the city, and I could have gone to the top of it (for an admission fee, of course). The historic portion of Kyoto appears to be in a north-south-running flat-bottomed river valley, with north-south-running ridges to the east and west. I suspect the terrain is such that most of the temples and shrines (some of which are on the ridges) are visible from that tower. (The tower and rail station seemed to be near the south end of the historic district.)
Some trees were turning while we were there. The one on the left-hand side of this photo was an especially nice color. However, the sun angle in this particular photo doesn't really bring out that color.
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