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Japan, July 2001: Kyoto Tour & Banquet

One afternoon we left the meeting for a bus-tour of Kyoto (one of the few Japanese cities that still has old architecture), and the meeting's banquet

First, the gift shop at Ryoanji Temple... Ryoanji's main feature is the zen rock garden... Outside there's a tea-room wash basin (17th century)... The temple's pond is from the late 12th century... Presumably the turtle is not Next stop, the photo spot for "the Golden Pavilion"... That's Kinkaku, or Rokuon-ji Temple Built around 1400 by a retired shogun... It was a house, then a temple (yes, it is gold leaf) Kinkaku's koi (the size of river carp!) An outdoor shrine at Rokuon-ji Waterfall at Rokuon-ji The Kyoto Conference Hall, site of our banquet Our group, the swans and koi The ceremonial opening of the sake barrel Overview of the banquet Traditional japanese dancers peformed And so we had to pose :)