If you want to say that SC Johnson likes the most, Kyoto is definitely among the top.

When I came here again in the evening, I walked on the four streets, and felt like this city full of bright lights and crowded with people, it was like a huge and illusory mirror.

The name of Kyoto is pronounced "kyoto", which is exactly in contrast to the pronunciation of Tokyo "tokyo", and reality seems to be the case. The ancient capital is preserved here, and countless temples, shrines, and choyas are located in the city, recording the slow and ancient side.

Although most of the daytime is in a ordinary daily fragment, when night falls, the memories sealed in the daytime are opened, and gods, ghosts, lantern dancers are accompanied by incredible stories and legends, filling the streets and alleys.

When we head to Kiyomizu Temple, most people choose to go to the lively Kiyomizu Saka. Today we walk to the slightly quiet tea bowl Saka. This sakadao, which has gathered various pottery artists since the 8th century, is called the birthplace of Quimizu Saka. The ancient pottery shop is quietly located here, opening the wooden door, and the old woman with a little hunchback signaled to the visiting guests. The wooden table is filled with a wide range of pottery.

The scenery in Kyoto flows around these cups, such as jade rabbits, cherry blossoms, and grass patterns. There are also small vessels of less than a thousand yen, which are piled at the door for tourists to choose from.

The light of the setting sun leaked on the path, and the voices became increasingly popular, and Kiyomizu Temple suddenly appeared in front of you. At the same time, the dividing line between dusk and night began to cross in front of you, and the mountains not far away had turned pale blue. The lanterns began to brighten one after another, and a gentle night arrived.

Three-year-old Saka and Two-year-old Saka are connected. From Kiyomizu Temple to this worship road, one foot entered the Edo period. These two paths flourished as the Monastery of Kiyomizu Temple for a long time, and now both retain the buildings of the Edo to Taisho period.

Tea props, woodworking, and fruits, these old shops operated for generations maintain ancient urban life. The weeping cherry blossoms in spring pass by the eaves of the houses, creating a touch of charming beauty.

A day-night order is taking place. Gift shops selling dolls and fans are beginning to close one after another. Lights are lit in the restaurant converted from a machiya. An old lady is wearing kimono and clogs, walking through the street step by step.

This is the most worthwhile night view in Kyoto. The five-layered tower seen on the Sakurado is like a huge building that comes out of thin air. Because it adopts the five-eaves and four-corner spire, the tower body looks lighter and more elegant. At this time, the distant mountains and floating clouds are almost invisible in the dark, and the remaining light comes out from the clouds, casting a gentle floating light under the tower body.

When the last ray of light disappeared on the earth, the tower seemed to become illusory, recreating the flying eaves and moons written by novelist Lu Yukita, the moon and the sunset. The tourists pressed the shutter in their hands almost intoxicatedly, trying to leave the most moving moment of light and shadow in this world. The so-called period and time is exactly what it means.

This was once a place where Ningning, the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, often took a walk in her later years. Ningning was the nickname of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Masamoto. This Ningning path also kept the jumping and lively in Kyoto. There are also eight Buddha statues nearby, such as the Dark Sky statue, the Bubble Monk, and the Divine Ox statue. They don’t sound very serious gods and Buddhas, as well as the couple statues of Hideyoshi and Ningning.

Standing at the west building gate of the shrine, the four streets facing each other are lighted up, and traffic flow and people form a flowing night view. Due to the night relationship, there are fewer tourists in the shrine, so there is more of a leisurely feeling of walking.

More than a thousand white lanterns lit up in the shrine at night. Such a bright light makes the moonlight look less dazzling.

There are so many lamps, many stone lamps offered by believers, and lanterns hanging in the dance hall in the center of the shrine. The huge number of lanterns forms an overwhelming force, and in this empty field at night, the traces of the gods' perch silently shaped.

Yasaka Shrine is the oldest and most famous shrine in Kansai. In its history of more than a thousand years, the shrine has also become the urban stage of the ancient capital. Artists, merchants and people perform summer night customs in Kazuya. Every year at the sakura festival in the middle of July, the foal-shaped lanterns lit up at night, accompanied by Kazuya music, igniting the most fantastic summer night in Kyoto.

As a shrine, it also maintains its majestic side. When Kyoto was called Heian Kyoto, it was because of the spirituality of this land that the four gods corresponded to it. The Yasaka Shrine was the guardian god Aolong Town, and the ghosts and monsters also became pure and white under the Yasaka Shrine.

It is very punctual for shops in Kyoto to close. After eight o'clock, stores on one street enter a period of closing one after another, and you will see an orderly city beginning to enter a loose night stage.

The boy and girl in a bathrobe walked hand in hand on the crowded street. The two of them were waiting for traffic lights and smiled at each other. They had just come out of the karaoke to work, moving their ankles in high heels, and finally showed a long-lost smile.

A girl who loves literature got into the ancient house. She had to make a purchase choice in the complete collection of literature, Western ancient books, and Ukiyo-e.

There were crowds lined up to take the bus back everywhere, and some people turned to izakaya, which was another story.

You can directly see Kamakawa on the Shijo Bridge. The west coast of Kamakawa is a variety of Japanese cuisine, and the east coast is a Kabuki performance venue. The most distinctive symbol in Kyoto is summarized into Kamakawa. At the bridgehead, unknown wandering artists are performing.

On a humid and hot summer night in the ancient capital, Kyoto residents set up the second floor of the choen house on a tatami terrace, a Kamakawa-mounted building with nearly a hundred high-bed buildings. This scene was painted by painters from the Edo era in Ukiyo-e painting "Sijo River Source Sunset".

This is what keeps Kyoto alive. Those tall and magnificent buildings seem to be in a thousand years. Even if the city is gone, they will still stand on the desolate slopes, but Kasukawa is different. Kasukawa is the heart of Kyoto.
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