Gojo to Gion

I think this counts as a walk around the block...? Went looking for a latte, accidentally went a little further afield than planned.

Observations:

You know those pictures of people trout fishing in the mountains and the rivers are relatively shallow and full of stones? Build a city around it and you have Kyoto. The Kamo River is one of the larger rivers that flows through Kyoto, but it has a large variation in water flow depending on the season.

It's currently about ankle deep, but the traditional looking tea houses and restaurants all become riverside periodically during the year. The end result are these seasonal parkland strips in the middle of the city.

Kyoto might be surrounded by mountains, but it's actually quite flat - end result is a lot of people ride bikes - no lycra, no helmets, just "civilians". Though there were a few people that looked like Miss Almira Gulch from the Wizard of Oz riding on her bike...

Kaiju Collected:

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