even more kyoto, The Golden Pavillion, Nijo Castle, and Nishiki Market in downtown Kyoto.

I haven't posted in awhile, and this is looking back from my and joe's trip to Japan back in May '05. Here are some Tokyo pictures. I included pix that were first from Narita, where we landed at the airport, and stayed over night. Then we headed straight to Kyoto for a few nights, then off to Tokyo. We stayed in Tokyo for the majority of the rest of the trip.
These pix were from our visit still in Kyoto, at the entrance to the Golden Pavillion. Everywhere we can see school kids, where were the teachers?
I just thought that was interesting with the kids everywhere, on the bus, at the golden pavillion and elsewhere just by themselves mostly. Anyhow, to move on, we next visited the Nijo Castle, just a few pictures from Nijo castle. I really enjoyed walking around and inside the castle area. In the back area, was a nice garden. We then headed back into downtown Kyoto towards the Nishiki Market. There were a lot of different kinds of foods there, tempura, various kinds of yakitori, chicken/beef/pork/shrimp, Manju(Japanese mochi, a kind of pastry), Takoyaki(octopus), and other delicious fresh food. Then we walked around and i noticed a small eatery, which was very typical in Kyoto and other parts of Japan, probably a ramen shop. We didn't get a chance to eat at this particular one, but i wish they had more of this type of eateries in California. Also, a picture of a vending machine, this time a beer vending machine.