kyoto: day 2

Up early.

Nijo Castle—we got to walk around inside, and the King or whatever who lived there was so afraid of getting murdered that he had the wood floors make noise when people walked on them.  It sounded like birds chirping.

I love the wood on so many of the buildings.

Kyoto was so picturesque.

In Gion, which was an older area famous for the geishas.

We saw a geisha show.

I thought it would be a tourist attraction, but it was legit.  We were the only Western foreigners besides a couple.

We weren’t allowed to take pics, but Karissa snuck some.  The show was so eerie.  There were older geishas playing music and singing creepy music while the younger ones acted out a play, then later danced.  Their makeup for the most part made them look really scary, too.

Then the Fushimi Inari shrine.  We were busy that day.

It was such a cool place.  There was a long trail that went up a mountain, and we had wanted to go to the top, but we were far too exhausted.

There were foxes everywhere.  People wrote their wishes on the backs of these I think.

Such an awesome place.

Ninja boys.

Jumping girls (from Justin).

Creepy screw dolls.

In the hostel—Karissa, Ryan, and Sharon.

Justin and Joy.