Otomodachi: Yasaka Pagoda at the end of the street
Otomodachi: Yellow ikebana arrangement with bamboo strips around
Otomodachi: Detail of ikebana arrangement with bamboo strips around
Otomodachi: Beautiful pine tree overhead
Otomodachi: Riksja driver getting up the hill in Higashiyama
Otomodachi: Yasaka Pagoda at Higashiyama, with the mountains in the back
Otomodachi: The 'maiko' make their way gracefully through Higashiyama
Otomodachi: Three friends get their photo taken as one-day-maiko
Otomodachi: Three friends enjoying one-day-as-maiko (henshin maiko)
Otomodachi: Dressed up as maiko a girl poses for the tourists
Otomodachi: Lovely girls in their spring kimono enjoying the day
Otomodachi: Gate in front of Kiyomizu dera on a beautiful early spring day
Otomodachi: View in on of Higashiyama's beautiful gardens
Otomodachi: Ikebana installation in front of a shrine
Otomodachi: Two lovely girls in beautiful kimono climbing the steps at Higashiyama
Otomodachi: Two ikebana arrangements along the 'Hanatouro'
Otomodachi: Early blossoming trees at the hill of Shoho-ji Temple
Otomodachi: View in the beautiful Japanese garden of Entoku-in temple
Otomodachi: Ikebana arrangement at Daiun-in temple
Otomodachi: Two couples in riksja carriages take a photo opportunity at Daiun-in temple
Otomodachi: Ikebana arrangement welcoming the public at the lane heading up to Yaska shrine
Otomodachi: Couple in love enjoy one of the first day of spring at Maruyama Park
Otomodachi: Modern ikebana arrangement with blossoming branches
Otomodachi: Ikebana installation with a braided ball of bamboo
Otomodachi: Ikebana sculpture with lillies and metal resembling bamboo
Otomodachi: Ikebana arrangement with flowers and metal
Otomodachi: Ikebana arrangement with metal 'leafs' and 'drops of water'
Otomodachi: Ikebana and Yasaka Pagoda
Otomodachi: The traditional and the modern
Otomodachi: San-mon gate to Chion-in temple, built in 1619