Ninnen zaka and Sannen zaka are the roads leading up the hill to Kiyomizu-dera. They are lined with old traditional shops selling some wonderful souvenirs.
This is one of the many green tea stores. This one sells a delicious green tea cake.
Many visitors dress in yukata when they come here.
At the base of the ascent to Kiyomizu-dera, we spotted these ladies dressed as geisha. I'm pretty sure they were just in costumes, as there are many studios in Kyoto who will dress you and do your make-up for a photography shoot. You can then strut around town for a bit and pretend to be a geisha and have the tourists go shutter crazy over you. A way of having your 15 minutes of fame I guess!
They looked lovely nonetheless.
Is this not your typical Japanese scene - geisha and school girls?
They happily posed for lots of photos before heading back to the studio.
Those yukatas looked so pretty.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all thanks for your sweet comment. I love the pictures, I´d love to visit Japan, it is one of my favorite countries, so pretty and very nice people too..Kisses from www.stylepicture.blogspot.com
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ReplyDeleteThe powdered green tea of Kyoto is very delicious♥
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Hi lovely, great post and fab photos!!!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to visit Japan!!
Thank you for your visit!!
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You didn't put them on and parade too? That would be awesome, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteI'd like to do it, but the cost is too high for me. :(