Shirakawa-minami Dori in Gion

People will tell you Kyoto is traditional style Japan. It was the old capital of Japan. Gion is one of the districts within Kyoto.

Jasmin wanted to visit this place because her colleague and friend told her it is very pretty and traditional… maybe even untouched. After walking through some streets, we came upon the Gion Shin Bridge (really small), but the stream of water lead to the Shirakawa canal.  There was a heron in the stream and it looked calm, so I had to take a picture of it.

It was nice and relaxing to walk those streets. They were narrow and the buildings looked traditional (my way of saying old school).