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Jeffrey E. F. blogs at: Kyoto’s Aoi Matsuri Festival, #2 May 19 2013 This post is a few more shots following on from "Quick Peek from Kyoto’s Aoi Matsuri", about one of Kyoto's main "period costumes" festivals, the Aoi Matsuri festival (葵祭; at Wikipedia). Of course, where you have horses on parade, you have... To be continued... read moreQuick Peek from Kyoto’s Aoi Matsuri May 18 2013 The Aoi Matsuri festival (@ Wikipedia), one of Kyoto's big three festivals, was held the other day, and I stopped by for the first time in many years to photograph the folks in period (circa 1000AD) costumes. A cursory scan of the initial photos shows that I missed focus on… read moreLast Year’s Kurama Fire Festival May 12 2013 Dipping into my archives from last October, I realize that I haven't yet posted much about the Kurama Fire Festival (鞍馬の火祭り) that I briefly mentioned at the time, and a bit in my shooting-with-two-bodies post. One reason that I haven't posted is that the photos are not very good (taken… read moreKyoto’s Amazing Haradanien Garden, Part 4 May 07 2013 Today's post is part four on the Haradanien Garden (原谷苑) in north-western Kyoto (prior parts: one, two, three, and a bonus couple photo shoot). Today's simple post includes three more wigglegrams, adding to those in part three and my first post from the garden. div#dSJd0AA img { width:442px; height:690px; visibility:hidden;… read moreKyoto’s Amazing Haradanien Garden, Part 3 May 06 2013 This post is a continuation earlier parts of "Kyoto’s Amazing Haradanien Garden", where in part one I introduced the location, and in part two I explained how it's wonderful even though it's quite crowded. Folks wanting a couple shot would usually ask someone walking by to take it, but the… read moreKyoto’s Amazing Haradanien Garden, Part 2 May 02 2013 This post is a continuation from Part 1 of "Kyoto’s Amazing Haradanien Garden", with a bunch more photos that I hope gives a sense what it's like to visit at the height of cherry-blossom season. I'll explain below why Haradanien (原谷苑) is wonderful despite the crowds, but make no mistake,… read moreApril 30 2013 Holy cow, I'm drained. I tried something called "hot yoga" today at a local gym (Inspa in eastern Kyoto, near Sanjo Kawaramachi). I'd never done yoga... it seems to be simple stretching and balance, but "hot yoga" is doing it in a humid room heated to about 36°C (97°F). Fumie… read moreApril 26 2013 Anthony (fifth grade) has a school field trip today for which Fumie had to make a bento lunch. It's been a while since he needed one of these, though when in preschool (five years ago!) he needed a bento every day. The challenges of bento design are many... food that… read more“Idiot for Noodles”, Kyoto Ramen You Won’t Forget April 25 2013 I'll follow up my post about Restaurant "Kiev" with another Kyoto restaurant of note, Men-Baka ("Noodle Idiot", めん馬鹿一代), which Damien Douxchamps brought me to. The proprietor saw my big camera and warned that I'd be too dangerous to take photos of my own ramen, so suggested that I take the… read moreDinner at Kyoto’s “Kiev” Restaurant: Highly Recommended April 25 2013 We recently had a very nice family dinner at the Kiev Russian Restaurant (レストランキエフ) in Kyoto's Gion district. I'd never had Russian cuisine and so didn't really know what to expect, but it was fantastic. It was a good place to make a first impression of Russian food because the… read moreKyoto’s Amazing Haradanien Garden, Part 1 April 20 2013 Yesterday's post ("Photo Shoot at Kyoto’s Haradanien Garden: John and Ai") has inspired me to at least start to try to show the magnificent Haradanien Garden (原谷苑) in north-west Kyoto, a few kilometers in the mountains behind the Kinkakuji "Golden Pavilion" Temple. I'd made my first visit last week and… read moreBuy Now and Save
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