And out the other window, somebody in the dorm was drying some fruit in the sun.

Kyoto is a very watery town. There's rivers, lakes, streams, canals, resevoirs, kitchen sinks, all over the place. It's one of the reasons it's such a relaxing city I think.

The relaxing view from my dorm room

See what I mean? As if the proper river in the background weren't enough, there's this cute little mini-river running parallel to it with a cute park in-between the two. It's so cute, I'm gagging as I type this!

Yet another of the scores of river/canals that run through the city that are so shallow, you wonder how they just don't dry up.

If I ever find myself homeless, I'm going to make sure I do it in Kyoto. One of the hottest days of my stay and these guys are just chillin under a bridge watching TV. My only question is, where was the power coming from??

So I'm waling along one of the tiny rivers (canals?) that run through the city and I come across this SLEW of kids fishing goldfish out of the water with little fishnets.

It seemed to be some kind of community function and I really have to wonder if they simply dumped a bunch of goldfish in there and let the kids scoop em out and take em home. There were a TON in this little stretch of river.

Random intersection with interesting light (at least I thought so).

Mmmmmmm, harsh light and sharp angles. Yummy.

10pm on Sunday night and I happen across this cute little shrine with candles lit and strangely enough, a locked and bolted door in front of it. (Sorry for the blurriness, my camera(LINK) really doesn't like low light situations. :( )

An out of the way restaurant my friend Lee took me to. VERY out of the way as you can see by the alley.