Food & Drink
Chestnut Anpan Bread
With Autumn comes a change in weather and a change in foods. Local stores start to serve different vegetables and there is a clear switch in menus. It is…
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Photos
Kitano Tenmangu
Kitano Tenmangu is well known as a shrine dedicated to Sugawara Michizane, a scholar and politician who was exiled unfairly by his political rivals many years ago. He is associated with Tenjin, the god of literature or calligraphy and many students come to wish for good fortune in their upcoming exams. Dazaifu Tenmangu in Fukuoka which i visited previously is built over the grave of Sugawara Michizane.
Outdoors & Sport
Autumn Leaves on the Kamogawa
Autumn is always a nice time of the year for taking photos. Great colors, cooler weather. Lots of action. I have had a cold recently and so haven't been…
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Myoshinji Autumn Colors
A quiet walk through the grounds of Myoshinji Temple in Kyoto looking at the Autumn colors.
Outdoors & Sport
Eikando in Autumn
Wanting to take some photos of the Autumn colors, I visited Nanzenji and Eikando at the beginning of the week. The orange and red colors were amazing. The…
Buildings
Getting Cold
It is getting cold out at the moment but Autumn is always a nice time to hit the streets and take a few photos. This is an old building in Kyoto that has…
Outdoors & Sport
Autumn City
The weather has been beautiful recently with blue skies and fresh air breezes. The leaves are just starting to turn orange and brown in patches along Oike…
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Nijo Castle, Kyoto
Nijo Castle (Nijojo) in Kyoto is a great place to visit in any season. The gardens are perfect for a peaceful walk, and the Ninomaru Palace in the grounds is well worth seeing and hearing the guides explanation of historical life at this site. The Castle was built in 1603 and is now a World Heritage site.
Travel
The Ferry to Naoshima
Before I posted my photos from Naoshima , there was the trip across. I took the car ferry from Uno Port in Okayama over to Miyanoura, the main port on the…
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Sunset in Fukui
At the end of a long day around Fukui on my Hokuriku trip, after the Tojinbo cliffs , the sky lit up just as the sun went down. These were all taken in…
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Autumn Leaves in Kanazawa
Walking out of the castle in late October, the paths and the moss were covered in the first fallen leaves of autumn. Kanazawa's autumn colour usually…
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Aoyama Autumn
A couple of weeks ago I took a walk along the road leading up to Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery in Meiji Jingu Gaien. It is 300 metres long and lined with Ginkgo trees and they turn a wonderfully bright yellow color at this time of year. Take a walk with me from Aoyama-itchome to go see the trees.