It's been 3 months since our trip to Japan but the effects still linger. We brought our digital camera with a 1 GB memory card which can hold up to 1400 pictures and as much as we tried we only managed to take 750 pictures. No more film canisters or double prints of lousy pictures. By the way, we bought a new digital camera, a Nikon coolpix S1 which is a small compact camera to replace our older model olympus that sucked up AA batteries like no tomorrow. I took lots of multiple pictures of places & persons to make sure that a decent picture would appear. Overall, I am very pleased with this camera. It is small enough to fit in my pocket so I am prepared to snap away whenever I like.

The above picture is of the Golden Pavillion in Kyoto which used gold leaf to give it that beautiful glow. There are gardens too but the Pavillion is the main attraction for obvious reasons. The adults in our group were amazed by all the wonderful things and history while the kids loved taking taxis everywhere we went in Kyoto. Go figure.

The previous post I mentioned the lighting of the shrine and here is a blurry picture of it. There are mobs of people climbing up the stairs and walking on the paths on the hillside with awesome views. Did I tell you that we did a LOT of walking in Japan? There are virtually no overweight Japanese people except maybe sumo wrestlers and the occasional gland disorder.