Kiyomizudera (清水寺)
This isn’t the main Kiyomizu structure. Rather it is one you see as you approach the main hall. It seems a fitting photo for the season.
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Posts tagged cherry blossoms
Sakura season
Why are these two photographers pointing their camera at me and taking my picture? Have they never seen a gaijin before?
Actually they probably couldn’t even see me. They are taking pictures of Himeji Castle. I was in the top room taking pictures from quite a distance with maximum zoom. I didn’t even realize I had captured a couple of photographers looking my way until I offloaded the pictures onto my computer and cropped out much of the image.
Sakura at Himeji
As mentioned in yesterday’s blog entry, there were some blossoming trees on the Himejijo grounds during the first week of April.
White on black with blue
During our four days in Kyoto we had a grand total of about 5 minutes of blue sky. The above photograph captured those brief moments.
I don’t remember the name of this temple, but it was near the south side of the Path of Philosophy (if I remember correctly).
Sagano thatched roof farm house
In the Arashiyama area of Kyoto we rented bikes and road mostly north into the Sagano area. The last line of homes before running into the mountains (just east of Adashino-Nenbutsu-ji (化野念仏寺)) consisted of some fine ones with a thatch roof. Farming was still going on in the surrounding neighborhood. That some properties also included cherry trees in full bloom put a smile on my face.