Kyoto, Japan

I just returned from a 5 day adventure in Kyoto, Japan with a group of 8 crazy women from the American Women's Association! What a wonderful time we had. Our first day we visited the Todai-Ji Temple in Nara, with its enormous bronze buddah. This temple was built in the 8th century, and is the largest wooden structure in the world. The bronze Buddah is 67 ft. tall!
Oh yes, this is the first of many group pictures...our first night we stayed in a traditional Japanese Ryokan, thus the matching kimonos! The rather reserved Mama-san did not know how to take us at first, but soon warmed up to our silliness.