kyoto: temples, vending machines, etc...

and more temples in Kyoto, this pix and other show the temples we saw walking through the kyoto downtown and vicinity. There were a lot birds on the ground here and the weather was mostly cloudy. Later, it rained and we had to get some umbrellas from the convenience store for 400 to 500 yen each. The temples shown in the picture where massive, and there wasn't many people around, but the scene was very traditional japan.
Also, the many many vending machines within Kyoto and all of Japan. I was so amazed by these machines, and the drinks were so good out of these machines. Cool drinks on a warm summer day, I also hear that during the cold months, wintertime, they have warm/hot drinks that are available. But during late May, cold drinks that i have seen before are available such as Pocarti Sweat, Aquarius, Lemon Water, and many other kinds. They also have cigarette, beer, and other kinds of vending machines all throughout Japan. Prices for the drinks are anyway from 120 yen to 150 yen, for small or larger size drinks. They come in all kinds, tea, milk coffee, milk tea, coffee, fruit flavors, soda, vitamin drinks, and other kinds of drinks, which range in different prices. The other pictures are more of the downtown area near the ryokan we stayed at. We were fascinated by all the narrow streets and architecture buildings.