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Here are the promised photos from our trip to Japan. The oldest photos appear at the bottom. That being said, here are quick links to the categories of photos:
Typical scene along the walk of philosophy:
Fox statues at the Fushimi-Inari shrine:
A typical corridor of torii at the Fushimi-Inari shrine:
Shinbashi street scenes:
Warning: hot pepper
Typical Ninnenzaka street scene:
Girl with kimono posing for photographers at Maruyama gardens:
Building at the Heian shrine complex:
Interior of the Kurodani shrine:
Shoshanna at Yonbanchi and street view of the minshuku:
Kyoto from the Japanese macaque sanctuary:
If I can just find the starter, I'm outa here:
Mommy gets all the good food:
To eat or not to eat, that is the question:
Japanese macaques grooming:
Tatami room at the Tenryu temple complex:
Bamboo grove at the Tenryu temple complex:
Lake at the Tenryu temple complex:
Hawk pausing for a drink:
Wading bird (egret?) at the Kamo river:
Temple and temples to commerce:
Octopus on a stick <shudder>:
Browsing at the Nishiki market:
Us at Nijo (yes, I really was present on this trip):
Diverse foliage colors at Nijo-jo:
Honmaru palace in the inner part of Nijo-jo:
A pond in the Nijo-jo gardens:
Nijo-jo walls:
Myoshinji temple front entrance (where we stayed):
Shoshanna at the Myoshinji temple:
Smokers are properly isolated from the rest of the world:
Rice irrigation system (the blue plastic controls flow into the paddy):
Shoshanna cooling her heels:
Wasabi field:
Rice paddies and mountains:
Backyard garden:
Cherries with mountain backdrop:
Matsumoto-jo and mountains:
Cherries and pine:
Cherries at the Matsumoto-jo moat:
Our tatami room:
The Nunoya ryokan:
The downstream face of the Kurobe dam:
Looking back at the top of the cable car lines:
Mountain birch:
Misty mountains looking east from Mount Tateyama:
Really deep snow most of the way up Mount Tateyama:
The Sogenji temple:
The shrine inside a temple:
A cemetary behind the temple, nestled amidst the hinoki (cypress) trees:
A typical temple scene, here at the Daioji temple:
Making sandals at Hida no sato:
Binding of the thatch:
A typical house with steep thatched roof:
River scene with cherry blossoms:
A typical river scene in Takayama:
Typical street scenes in the Takayama historical preservation area:
Posing with sake and the drum:
Towards the end of the day, the floats all gathered together in one street:
Lion dancers taking a break between dances:
Taking fish home as pets:
The Seto river has been transformed into a canal stocked with carp, much to the delight of kids:
Floats don't leave much room when they pass through a street:
Child musicians on a float:
Lifting electrical wires to let a float pass:
A carved dragon on a float:
Carvings and brass on a float:
Furukawa river and mountains:
A typical float:
Ducklings watching kabuki at Furuyama:
Our first Japanese breakfast:
A typical tatami room at the Sosuke minshuku:
Shoshanna with Rick Weisburd and (in front of him) Nobuko Weisburd, surrounded by the ELSS office staff:
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