After sightseeing Kiyomizu-dera temple,
I went through Ninen-zaka and Sannen-zaka slopes
featuring Japanese traditional street exteriors
to visit the grave of Sakamoto Ryoma,
who is one of the key persons at the end of Edo period,
and Yasaka Jinja shrine.
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- Ninen-zaka and Sannen-zaka connect to Kiyomizu-dera.
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- If you walk these streets, you may feel as if you were in Edo period in Japan.
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- The houses here have been well re-constructed.
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- The sign board shows Ishin no michi street starts towards Ryoma’s grave.
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- The guiding signs to Ryoma’s grave.
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- A cenotaph for the Pacific War victims.
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- The stature of Sakamoto Ryoma and Nakaoka Shintaro who is killed with him.
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- This is the grave of Sakamoto Ryoma and Nakaoka Shintaro.
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- As the grave is located on the hill, I could overview Kyoto city.
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- Waka poetry for the Pacific War victims
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- Yasaka no To tower
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- Yasaka Jinja shrine is also around here.
