Y2 : 365 - Day 118.

Christmas Vacation, Japanese Edition: Kyoto

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Gion is Kyoto's most famous geisha district.

This is the only geisha we saw in the geisha district. :)

Heading toward the Yasaka Pagoda, the pagoda has been destroyed by fire and rebuilt numerous times. The current structure was erected by Ashikaga Yoshinori in the year 1440.

Ninen-zaka Path.

In Japan, the swastika is called manji. Since the Middle Ages, it has been used as a coat of arms by various Japanese families.On Japanese maps, a swastika is used to mark the location of a Buddhist temple.

Ryozen Kannon, is a war memorial commemorating the Japanese who died during World War II. The statue is of Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara.