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Photo Scavenger Hunt: Old Fashioned
Posted in Photohunt with tags Kyoto, shrine on January 26, 2008 by samokan
this week theme is Old fashioned
last spring (2007 ) when we went to kamigamo Shrine we found this very old fashioned girl, i think this is a japanese traditional clothes during heian period.
WW(wed): Fields of Red
Posted in Flora with tags Kyoto, Tulips on January 9, 2008 by samokan
a field of red tulips @ Kyoto Botanical Garden
Torii .. Gates
Posted in Structures, Temples with tags gates, hiroshima, Kyoto on January 7, 2008 by samokanA Torii ( 鳥居） is a traditional Japanese gate commonly found in Shinto Shrine. It has two upright support and two crossbars on top and is frequently painted vermilion. Torii marked the entrance to a sacred place in Japan. Here are some famous torii :
Fushimi Inari Taishi Kyoto
If you remember watching Sayuri/Memoir of the Geisha , this is the place.
The torii of Itsukushima Shrine or famously known as Miyajima. If you can see people carrying blue plastic shopping ba, that is us at the base of the torii.
(Photo Courtesy of Ruban)
One of the largest Torii in Japan @ Heian Shrine in Kyoto
These are just some of the gates you can fin as you go temple hopping in Japan.
Tetsugaku Michi
Posted in Flora with tags Kyoto, sakura on January 5, 2008 by samokan哲学の道 or Philosopher’s Path is a cherry blossom line 2Km path located in Kyoto Japan. The name was derived since the Philosopher Kitaro Nishida loves to walk along this path.
The Sakura ( Cherry Blossom) lined along the way.
