Random pictures

Last weekend I went to Kyoto again. I went to an area called Sanjo, the main shopping district in Kyoto (or so I'm told). A few blocks from the subway station is a web of streets covered with roofs and lined with shops. It wasn't particularly crowded when I arrived, but was thick with people by the time I left. Most of the shops had hallways so narrow that barely more than one person (or 2/3s of an American) could fit through. Anyway, there was some interesting stuff that I might get later and some cheap tourist stuff that I will get many of the people reading this for Christmas.

Here's a picture of Kyoto tower, which I did not take on this particular trip to Kyoto:



One of the first friends I made in Sonobe:



I have plans to visit this friend soon.