Kyoto

After reading "Memoirs of a Geisha,* I was so excited to visit Kyoto. Linda and I took a trip there my first weekend in Japan for the Gion Festival. I shot this photo of a Meiko (young Geisha in training) our first night. She was so beautiful with people surrounding her taking photos. I was lucky to get such a great shot! That night there were thousands of people walking the streets of Kyoto in yukata (summer kimono) as they viewed the
Gion Festival floats that would be on parade Monday morning. There were so many people, it was often a bit overwhelming, but so much fun to see all the beautiful kimono. Men, women and children all dressed in the traditional garment.