We were scarcely alone, here by Yasaka Pagoda — and everywhere else we went.

Restaurant in the Gion district

Alleyway in the Gion

Blossoms on a side street just off the Philosopher's Path in Higashiyama district

A hodgepodge of flyers on a wall along a street in the Gion

Happily, there were colorful kimonos everywhere. These women were checking a cell phone (what else to do?) in the Garden of a Hundred Flowers at Tenryu-ji.

Along the sidewalk on our way back from Daigo-ji

An explosion of color in the yard next to the house in the preceding photo . . .

. . . and another nearby tree

This vintage photo was mounted on a wall outside a primary school. It shows pupils from an earlier era making wickerwork baskets.

A newly-married couple posing for a portrait near Yasaka Pagoda

Vats holding sake

Technically, maybe not a 'street' scene: A restaurant on the grounds of Daigo-ji Temple.

We noticed the very attractive use of natural materials in the construction of many homes, shops, fences, and other structures.

Dining and relaxing in a garden area at Kinkaku-ji Temple

Along the way to Yasaka Pagoda

And crowds, crowds everywhere!

Could they both have fit on that tricycle?