KYOTO-JAPAN
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KYOTO GEOLOGY & GEOGRAPHY
Kyoto jis located in a valley, parttheof th
Yamashiro (orYoto) Basin, in
eastern parf of fhe mounfainouS regi
known as the Tamba highlands.
The Yamashiro Basin is surrounded o
fhree sides by.mountains known as
HigashiYama, Kitayama and Nshiyama
Witha eight just above 1,000 metres
(3,281 ft) above sea level.
Kyoto has a humid subtropical climate
featuring a marked seasonal Variatioon
in temperature and precipitation.
Summers are hot and humid,.but
Winters are relafiyely cold with
OCCasiónal shoWTall.
Kyoto's rain season begins around th
mjddle of June and lasts until the end
yYLelding
atter theto a hot
and sunny
half of summer.
Kyoto, along with most of, the Paçific
coast and cntral areas of Japan is
prone to typhoons during 5eptember
and OcTober.
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SAKURA GARDENS
IN KYOTO
A cherry blossom is a flower
of many trees of genus Prunus
or Prunus subg. Cerasus. They
are also known as Japanese
cherry or Sakura . It is
considered the national flower
of Japan.
MARUYAMA PARK
The big sakura public
garden in Kyoto
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The beginning of April sees an amusing
procession of many visitors to
the park Maruyama, it is probably one
of the most famous places of Kyoto,
People visit not only to admire cherry
blossoms, but to do Ohanami: the
contemplation of sakura .
This public park spread over an area
of 86,000 square meters in total
It has different areas to rest, eat and
drink, Around these athering places
are cleverly arranged food and beverage
stalls, which sell beer
or takoyaki (octopus balls).
Maruyama, classified as cultural
heritage of Japan, has been built as a
multi-story staircase. At the center of
these lives a giant weeping cherry tree,
accented with night lighting during full
bloom.
Kiyomizu-dera formally isa
Buddhist femple in eastern
Kyoto. The temple is part of
the Historic Monuments
of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto,
Uji and Otsu Cities) UNESCO
World Heritage site
SPRING AUTUMN The temple is surrounded by
Momiji(Maple) trees they
are deciduous trees and their
leaves have different colours
through the seasons ,whichn
provides an inferesTing
aesthetic character to the
landscape
WINTER
Kinkakuji, (Golden
Pavilion) is a
Zen temple in
northern Kyoto
whose top two loors
are completely
Covered in gold leaf. 2af
I t is surrounded by
Trees and a lake the
lake reflects the
shrine
The contrst
befween the green
and yellow makes it a
photogenic landscape
The main Inari shrine
Fushimi Inari-taisha is the Fushimi Tnari-
faisha in Fushimi-ku,
Kyoto, here the path
tó the shrine.is marked
DY ground a thousand
fori. nari shrines
typicglly possess.in the
guardian figures
form of foxes or
kitsune. These guardian
figures are messengers
of Lnari,but are
Commonly thought of as
the deity itself.
The shrin has long
pqThways with staira
adorned with a number
of torii S
