Afternoon The afternoon was devoted to some shopping … a button and yarn store for me! I had visited Okadaya store before and purchased some buttons and the area devoted to buttons amazed me. The size must be the size of my family room and it is devoted to buttons!
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Morning We did a walking tour of Kagurazaka area of Tokyo – a local shopping area. We didn’t buy much but walked past a red bean sweet specialty shop and stopped and tried the sweets, and buying some for later. They were sweet and very tasty. Also some interesting sidewalk art…
After shopping we all needed some substance…and we were very thirsty.. so on to a small local restaurant that had local music. Oh what a night, the music and musicians were outstanding and let’s just say the Asahi flowed. The musicians were all the top shamisen performers, and they were so friendly. The shamisen is […]
Up early to catch the shinkasen to Tokyo. Arrived at our hotel in time to meet up with Mariko and head to the Nippori the fabric area. I might be in trouble! We visited a few stores and I came up empty. Nothing was speaking to me until…. we found a button store. Oh, how […]
On our final day in Kyoto, Hugh and I got up early for some everyday shooting. This is one of my very favor parts about vacation! I get up early and watch the local residents prepare for their day. I am fascinated by how different people, because of where they live and how they live, […]
I love being with the local people whenever we travel. It takes sometimes to figure out how to do this. But this day in Kyoto was filled with local color, people, food and places. Our day started early with a 6AM Buddhist worship service at Chishakuin temple. We were first introduced to this temple’s at […]
Up early to catch the Shinkansen (bullet) train for Kyoto. The ride took less than 15 minutes. After arriving in Kyoto and dropping our luggage at the hotel we hurried on to the Zen Buddhism temple Koinzan Saihoji also called Kokedera (moss garden) for the early morning ceremony. Zen Buddhist temples do not have statues […]
This is the oldest temple in Japan dating back to the 6th century. Obviously this has been rebuild many times throughout the ensuing centuries. The guards.. one with his mouth open and one with it closed… Shadow of a worshipper This ended my photo taking in Osaka…we are off to Kyoto tomorrow. For photography, […]
This tower dates back to the early twentieth century, but the original was destroyed by fire in 1943. Japan used the steel from disassembling ruins for the war effort. This tower was rebuilt in the 1950 and opened to the public in 1956. Photos from around the area Our guides have told us about a […]
The merchant’s house was especially interesting. The common room for eating.. each person had their own small table, and the “tables” converted to a box to store the dishes, when not in use. We experienced eating at our own table at a ryokan in Mount Koyasan in 2016. Trish, Scott, Hugh and I all had […]