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Luggage forwarding is quite common in Japan. People will pay for the convenience of having a company deliver your luggage from door-to-door rather than struggle with it on busy trains and buses. It's quite reasonably priced too.

This driver works for Yamato Transport, recognisable by its black cat logo, and one of the bigger firms offering the service.

The Seinan watchtower can be glimpsed beyond the path through the outer gardens at Nijo castle, once an area for samurai to camp.

The arcade ambience of the Sanjo Shopping Street, an endless line of small stores in Kyoto.

The Honmaru West bridge spans the inner moat at Nijo castle.

The Honmaru East bridge leads to the Honmaru Yagura-mon gate across the inner moat.

The Seiryu-en garden and teahouses are another extraordinary place of beauty at Nijo castle.

The ornate and restored Kara-mon gate gives access through to the Ninomaru-goten palace at Nijo castle.

The beauty of the Ninomaru garden at Nijo castle.

The view over the inner moat towards the Honmaru West bridge from the remains of the keep tower at Nijo castle.

The Seinan Sumiyagura watchtower at Nijo Castle.

The street entrance to Kitamon Buddhist Temple adjacent to Nijo Castle as evening falls.

A grey heron waits patiently by the moat of Nijo Castle.

The Higashi Otemon Gate at Nijo Castle.

Tourists emerge from Nijo Castle onto the Higashi Otemon Plaza as visiting time comes to a close.

Nijo Castle 二条城 | 東大手門

Nijojocho 二条城町
Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto 京都市中京区

Nijo Castle 二条城 | 東大手門

Nijojocho 二条城町
Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto 京都市中京区

Smartphone girls in komono checking their selfies on the Shijoo Bridge across the Kamo River.
Between Gion and Kashiwayacho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto.