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Amorielli Vol. 1 · No. 04 · April 2025 Portfolio p. 21

Portfolio · Vol. 1 · No. 04 · April 2025

Kyoto in pictures

8 photographs from the cover story, Where to Stay in Kyoto, printed large. Photographs by Basile Morin, MichaelMaggs, Moyan Brenn from Italy, PLBechly, Balon Greyjoy, Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, Nacaru, from Wikimedia Commons under the licences credited on each image.

The Yasaka Pagoda rising above a sloping street of wooden machiya houses in Kyoto's Higashiyama district at dusk. — The Yasaka Pagoda over the old streets of Higashiyama, the district many first-timers choose as a base.

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A quiet canal lined with willow trees and wooden townhouses in the Gion district of Kyoto. — A canal-side lane in Gion, where wooden machiya houses and teahouses still line the street.

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Red and orange maple leaves framing the wooden terrace of Kiyomizu-dera temple in autumn. — Kiyomizu-dera in November, when the maples turn and the crowds arrive with them.

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A tunnel of closely spaced vermilion torii gates on the path up Fushimi Inari shrine. — The torii gates at Fushimi Inari climb the mountain; go at dawn and you can nearly have them to yourself.

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A long, upward-sloping path lined with numerous orange torii gates and stone steps, surrounded by green trees. — This photograph shows torii gates lining a path at Fushimi Inari-taisha in Kyoto, Japan.

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Tall, grey-green bamboo stalks stand densely packed, rising from a ground covered in light brown leaf litter. — The Bamboo Forest in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan, presents many tall bamboo stalks rising from a leaf-covered ground.

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A curved path winds through a dense bamboo grove, with a low fence and stone wall bordering one side. — This photograph shows part of the trail through the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove in Kyoto, Japan.

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A three-story golden pavilion with dark roofs stands by a pond, surrounded by green and brown trees, with a forested hill in the background. — This photograph shows the Kinkaku-ji, a golden pavilion by a pond, as seen in February 2024.

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