Tag: Japan
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Koi II.
So I’m going to give myself a 9.9/10 for this one. Shot late in the afternoon just after arriving in Hakone. It was like 3.30 pm but the sun was just setting behind the tall mountains that cusp this town. Nothing special, just a pool of fish in front of an old hotel. But that…
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Observations and annotations.
After a dreary, grey-rain morning in Kyoto, the sun unexpectedly rearranged the sky palette into scarlet purples and deep magentas, and low-hanging mist. A postponed excursion out to the Philosophers Path was now the perfect response. The path curves along the route of a canal and is lined with hundreds of cherry trees that explode…
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The umbrellas of Kyoto.
A cold rainy umbrella day in Kyoto. A stay inside and eat chocolate muffins day. A double shot espresso day. But first, some pics.
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The bamboo mosh pit.
It’s Monday. A public holiday in Japan. The objective was to explore the bamboo forrest at Arashiyama before the anticipated crowds arrived. Narrator: unfortunately the crowds had a similar objective. And so it was. If you were to collect the people from every mosh pit at every concert in the world and bring them all…
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Koushouji Temple.
Randomly stumbled into the beautiful little village of Uji this morning, and then even more randomly walked up a path that led to Koshouji temple. It turns out that this is a pretty significant Zen temple, being the first Soto Zen monastery founded by Dogen Zenji in 1233. Not too touristy. A working temple. My…
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