This is a photo update post written months after our final day in Kyoto Japan. Like many of our last days on vacation, I couldn’t get the writing done to post the blog live.
But it was one of our favorite days though with the Sanjusangendo shrine, and the bamboo forest at Arashiyama.
![In the shopping district of Kyoto, a Cheery Blossom grove and stream.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-1-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
In the shopping district of Kyoto, a Cheery Blossom grove and stream.
![The Arashiayama bamboo forest, one of the most unusual places on earth.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-3-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
The Arashiayama bamboo forest, one of the most unusual places on earth.
![Japanese Snow monkey](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-4-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
Japanese Snow monkey
![Emma leaving our little flat in Kyoto.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-5-of-20.jpg?resize=200%2C300)
Emma leaving our little flat in Kyoto.
![Snow Monkeys, wild but domesticated.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-6-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
Snow Monkeys, wild but domesticated.
![Green velour seats on the train.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-7-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
Green velour seats on the train.
![Sanjusangendo, shrine.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-8-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
Sanjusangendo, shrine.
![Thousand statues, Sanjusangendo shrine](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-9-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C164)
Thousand statues, Sanjusangendo shrine
![Downtown Kyoto has a Soviet feel to it.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-10-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
Downtown Kyoto has a Soviet feel to it.
![A geisha girl, Arashiayama, Kyoto, Japan.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-11-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
A geisha girl, Arashiayama, Kyoto, Japan.
![Monkey butts](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-12-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
Monkey butts
![Farmhouse style fences in Arashiayama](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-14-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
Farmhouse style fences in Arashiayama
![Felling cherry blossoms in Kyoto](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-15-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
Felling cherry blossoms in Kyoto
![Wide open space? Let's kick my sister.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-16-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
Wide open space? Let’s kick my sister.
![We bought many of these, but they don't work.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-17-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
We bought many of these, but they don’t work.
![Monkey family.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-18-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C199)
Monkey family.
![Lily is the one in the cage.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-19-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
Lily is the one in the cage.
![Kyoto market, all styles of preserved fish.](https://i0.wp.com/creekmoreworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DC-SUNSET-20-of-20.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
Kyoto market, all styles of preserved fish.
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