Another morning at Ryoanji Temple, where the maple trees have now filled out into a lush green. This is the dry garden (Karesansui), a quiet morning for contemplation.
With Kyoto reopening from a successful mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic, I thought it would be auspicious to visit Fushi Inari Taisha before it gets crowded again.
UNESCO World Heritage site Tenryu-ji this morning. We were the only ones here. It was very peaceful without the usual hoards of tour groups marching through. A once in a lifetime opportunity, thanks to the Coronavirus.
This drone shot looks down at the Hozo River in western Kyoto. In the center is the Hoshinoya Resort Hotel and the small building above it is Daihikaku Temple. The river is usually shallow, and they have run flat bottom pleasure boats down the river for centuries.