After dark has its attractions as well: buskers stake out small spots of the pedestrianpath to serenade the crowd with old-fashioned favourites and new-fangled hits.
The pedestrianpath Tetsugaku-no-Michi, named after 20th-century philosopher Nishida Kataro, stretches for three kilometres alongside a canal in eastern Kyoto and connects Ginkakuji temple to Nanzen-ji temple.