Kyôto City

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Kamo River 鴨川 oder 加茂川  kamogawa
Takano River + 高野川 takanokawa


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31 km long Kamogawa ("wild duck river") rises from Mount Sajikigatake in the north of Kyoto, runs into Kyôto basin near Kamigamo Shrine and joins the Takano River in Demachiyanagi at the Kamo-ôhashi bridge and goes through the center of the city, below the historical bridges of Sanjô-ôhashi and Gôjô-ôhashi (s.a. Minamoto no Yoshitsune). The riverbanks are popular walks for residents and tourists and in summer restaurants open balconies looking out to the river. Further south Kamo River meets the Katsura River at Fushimi and becames together with Uji-gawa and Kizu-kawa a tributary of Ôsaka's largest river, the Yodo-gawa.


November 2013

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city center / November 2013
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city center / November 2013  (2)
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Tôkasaikan Building / November 2013
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autumn colours / November 2013
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city center + bridge / November 2013
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city center / November 2013  (3)
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city center / November 2013  (4)
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city center / November 2013  (5)
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Izumo-no-okuni / November 2013
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city center + Sanjô-ôhashi bridge / November 2013
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Pontochô Kaburenjô
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Pontochô Kaburenjô   (2)
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autumn colours / November 2013  (2)
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autumn colours / November 2013  (3)
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Juni 2010

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city center
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city center  (2)
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city center Kawaramachi
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city center Kawaramachi (2)
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city center Kawaramachi  (3)
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city center Kawaramachi (4)
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leisure time beside the river
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leisure time beside the river  (2)
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leisure time beside the river  (3)
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egret
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egret  (2)
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egret  (3)
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egret  (4)
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egret  (5)
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Kamo-gawa river + Takano-gawa river
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Kamo-ôhashi bridge + Mt. Hiei-zan
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Kamo-gawa - Stepping Stones
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Takano-gawa - Stepping Stones
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Takano-gawa - Nord-Kyôto  (2)
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Kamo-gawa + Takano-gawa  (3)
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Takano-gawa - Nord-Kyôto  (4)
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mendicant - Shijô-ôhashi bridge
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Sanjô-ôhashi bridge
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Mount Hiei-zan  (2)
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 city centre - Kawaramachi area
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Kawaramachi + Sanjô-ôhashi bridge
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view to north  from Gôjô-ôhashi bridge
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cyclist on Gôjô-ôhashi bridge
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young women + ducks
Kamogawa / Stadt Kyôto
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viewing the South from Shijô bridge
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construction work - bank reinforcement
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view to south from Shijô-ôhashi bridge
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cityscape at twilight
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young people
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old woman feeding seagulls
Kamo River / Kyôto City