June 11, Monday - first day in Kyoto

So naturally we took the train out of town to see the Fushimi Inari Shrine. but first, where we got off the train station there was a stand selling inari (on of my favorite sushi variants)! We bought.

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The shrine's notable feature is the hundreds of "torii gates" (which demark the entrance to a Bhuddist shrine) which all have the name of businesses that donated the gates enscribed on the legs.

then we walked to a large mountain estate with a nice shrine.

Then off to another shrine, the Kadasha shinseki (I think...)

Another noticeable feature was the red bibs on some of the animal statues (mostly foxes, i think); apparently red is the color to ward off daemons

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Then a quiet shrine ...I have lost track!

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On the way back i saw a poster for the art exhibit we would visit in a day or two...

On the way to dinner, passed thru a commercial gallery area with restaurants (that we didn't go to, such as this crab house!).

Finally, walked home down our quiet street to the hotel.