kyoto, teramachi

I ran across an interesting situation as I treasure-hunted Professor Buntrock's Kyoto recommendations. A section of the city (and probably more, but I've only been here half a day) is rife with covered shopping streets. They are much more extensive than the ones I encountered in Tokyo. The arcades are simple in themselves--simply glass roofs over narrow lanes--but when the streets open up (as one does in the image to the right), sometimes the roofs continue and take on tectonic lives of their own.