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The camera I use, with my favorite lens, has just been seriously reduced in price. I don’t know if this is temporary or not, but you can now pick up a Nikon D750 FX-format DSLR camera w/ 24-120mm f/4G ED VR AF-S Nikkor lens for $903 less than it would have cost you yesterday.
Izakaya in Kofu (甲府)
After walking to the top of Shosenkyo (and back down) on the hottest day of the year, I took a bus to downtown Kofu where my long bike ride back to Kaminoyu (甲府温泉) awaited me. With the temperature well over 100 degrees and the humidity at extreme levels (some people died from the heat on this day), I decided to kill time until the sun went down before getting on a bike.
I ducked into Ajimi for some gyoza and a thirst quencher. The proprietor spoke Japanese well, but she had a bit of an accent so I asked where she was from. She is from China–super nice lady and a great cook. Haruna is her name.
Anyway, her customers were lots of fun to talk with. I didn’t intend to stay long, but the other patrons kept buying me food and drinks. Oddly, the guy I was sitting next to knew my boss from way back when I was a Japanese tour guide in San Francisco more than 20 years ago. Small world.
Check this place out if you ever find yourself in Kofu. Here is a map:
日本ライン夏まつり納涼花火大会
Japanese school classroom built in 1888 in Mie prefecture (三重県), now part of Meiji Mura
The school year begins in April in Japan.
Lake Coeur d’Alene (Idaho)
We stayed just a few blocks from this lake last week for spring break. The weather wasn’t usually good, but we did get nearly a day of blue sky and a few other moments of blue to go along with the more common clouds and rain.
天龍寺
@tenryu_ji
Tenryuji had closed by the time I arrived so I couldn’t enter to see the The Cloud Dragon on the ceiling of Tenryuji’s Hatto. However, there is this dragon in an outer building that can be seen before or after hours.