Archery on Horseback

Nishiki Market

Nishiki Market is the oldest food market in Kyoto.

They have lots of fish and pickles

and wagashi (Japanese sweets).

Sugar Flowers

Bamboo Forest

Fushimi Inari Festival

Sand Towers

Poetry Parade

Today we went to a festival of poetry that was held thousands of years ago. They floated a cup full of sake down a stream in a wooden duck. They stopped the duck at each poet and the poets each take a sip. Then someone chants the poem to the shrine maiden and it starts again. 

Jizo Temple

This is a small Jizo (protector of children and travelers) temple. Buddhists carve faces onto rocks and tie colored bibs to them. These are Jizos. They also burn incense.