Historical place, KYOTO

My hometown is Yamanashi. However, many students in this class are from Yamanashi, so I decided to introduce another town, which is.......Kyoto!! I actually have been to Kyoto only twice. As everyone know, Kyoto has old Japanese culture. I'm going to talk about three points; sightseeing; buildings, shops, and people.
First of all, I' like to talk about buildings. In Kyoto, there are a lot of old Japanese buildings and temples. Each buildings leave Japanese old style which is called "wa (和）" . Many temples dot around Kyoto. My favorite temples are Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺) which is covered with gold, Ginkakuji(銀閣寺), whose garden is amazing, Kiyomizu-dera(清水寺）, Suzumushi-dera（鈴虫寺）. These buildings have a flavor of Japanese old and quiet spirits, so you can feel old Japan. They are so beautiful and also elegant that the nature around them is put together.
Secondly, I'd like to talk about shops. Besides buildings, there are also many shops which have Japanese old and unique goods and foods. Gion(祇園) is famous for shopping. I especially suggest Yatsuhashi(八ツ橋）, which is a Japanese sweet. We can have experiences to make some Japanese substances, such as sensu, yatsuhashi, mannju(饅頭）, and so on. What are these in English?
Finally, We can see people as a sightseeing. When we walk around, we can see people who wear Kimono, which is a Japanese old cloth. They are called Maiko(舞妓). There are also famous historical people in Kyoto. Long long time ago, Kyoto was the center city in Japan and many famous people built their castles and temples. If you are interested in history, you should go!
Kyoto has a large number of place to go more than I talked above. You should go when you come to Japan!!

I took these pictures from this site; http://www.kyotokanko.com/