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Japan 2012 photos

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:

April 28-30: Last days in Kyoto

Typical scene along the walk of philosophy:

Walk of philosophy

Fox statues at the Fushimi-Inari shrine:

Fox statueFox statue

A typical corridor of torii at the Fushimi-Inari shrine:

Inari torii

Shinbashi street scenes:

Shinbashi street

Shinbashi street

Warning: hot pepper

Hot pepper warning sign

Typical Ninnenzaka street scene:

Ninnenzaka street scene

Girl with kimono posing for photographers at Maruyama gardens:

Girl with kimono

Building at the Heian shrine complex:

Heian shrine complex

Interior of the Kurodani shrine:

Interior of the Kurodani shrine

Shoshanna at Yonbanchi and street view of the minshuku:

Shoshanna at Yonbanchi entry

Street view of our minshuku

April 26 and 27: Kyoto

Kyoto from the Japanese macaque sanctuary:

Kyoto from the Japanese macaque sanctuary

If I can just find the starter, I'm outa here:

If I can just find the starter, I'm outa here

Mommy gets all the good food:

Mommy gets all the good food

To eat or not to eat, that is the question:

To eat or not to eat, that is the question

Japanese macaques grooming:

Japanese macaques grooming

Tatami room at the Tenryu temple complex:

Tatami room at the Tenryu temple complex

Bamboo grove at the Tenryu temple complex:

Bamboo grove at the Tenryu temple complex

Lake at the Tenryu temple complex:

Lake at the Tenryu temple complex

Hawk pausing for a drink:

Hawk pausing for a drink

Wading bird (egret?) at the Kamo river:

Wading bird (egret?) at the Kamo river

Temple and temples to commerce:

Temple and temples to commerce

Octopus on a stick <shudder>:

Octopus on a stick <shudder>

Browsing at the Nishiki market:

Browsing at the Nishiki market

Us at Nijo (yes, I really was present on this trip):

Us at Nijo (yes, I really was present on this trip)

Diverse foliage colors at Nijo-jo:

Diverse foliage colors at Nijo-jo:

Honmaru palace in the inner part of Nijo-jo:

Honmaru palace in the inner part of Nijo-jo:

A pond in the Nijo-jo gardens:

A pond in the Nijo-jo gardens

Nijo-jo walls:

Nijo-jo walls

Myoshinji temple front entrance (where we stayed):

Myoshinji temple front entrance

Shoshanna at the Myoshinji temple:

Shoshanna at the Myoshinji temple

Smokers are properly isolated from the rest of the world:

Smokers in a box

April 24 and 25: Matsumoto

Rice irrigation system (the blue plastic controls flow into the paddy):

Rice irrigation system

Shoshanna cooling her heels:

Shoshanna cooling her heels

Wasabi field:

Wasabi field

Rice paddies and mountains:

Rice paddies and mountains

Backyard garden:

Backyard garden

Cherries with mountain backdrop:

Cherries with mountain backdrop

Matsumoto-jo and mountains:

Matsumoto jo and mountains

Cherries and pine:

Cherries and pine

Cherries at the Matsumoto-jo moat:

Cherries by the moat

Our tatami room:

Tatami room

The Nunoya ryokan:

Nunoya ryokan

April 23: The Alpine Route

The downstream face of the Kurobe dam:

The kurobe dam

Looking back at the top of the cable car lines:

Cable car lines

Mountain birch:

Mountain birch

Misty mountains looking east from Mount Tateyama:

Misty mountains

Really deep snow most of the way up Mount Tateyama:

Really deep snow

Really deep snow

April 21: Hida no sato folk village and Takayama temple area

The Sogenji temple:

The sogenji temple

The shrine inside a temple:

The shrine inside a templte

A cemetary behind the temple, nestled amidst the hinoki (cypress) trees:

A cemetary behind the temple, nestled amidst the hinoki (cypress) trees

Cemetary behind the temple

A typical temple scene, here at the Daioji temple:

A typical scene at the Daioji temple

Making sandals at Hida no sato:

Making sandles

Binding of the thatch:

Binding of the thatch

A typical house with steep thatched roof:

A typical house with a steep thatched roof.

April 20: Takayama

River scene with cherry blossoms:

River scene with a blossoming cherry.

A typical river scene in Takayama:

A typical river scene in Takayama.

Typical street scenes in the Takayama historical preservation area:

A typical street scene in the Takayama historical preservation area

Typical street scene

April 19: Hida-Furukawa and the “naked festival"

Posing with sake and the drum:

Posing with their drum and their sake

Towards the end of the day, the floats all gathered together in one street:

A street filled with floats

Lion dancers taking a break between dances:

Lion dancers taking a break.

Taking fish home as pets:

Children fishing for their favorite goldfish

The Seto river has been transformed into a canal stocked with carp, much to the delight of kids:

Child watching carp in the Seto River

Floats don't leave much room when they pass through a street:

Floats fill the street!

Child musicians on a float:

Children playing music on a float

Lifting electrical wires to let a float pass:

Lifting wires to let a float pass

A carved dragon on a float:

A carved dragon on a float

Carvings and brass on a float:

Typically intricate carvings and brass

Furukawa river and mountains:

Furukawa river and mountain scenery

A typical float:

A typical float

Ducklings watching kabuki at Furuyama:

Children watching kabuki

April 18: Visit with the Weisburds, travel to Takayama

Our first Japanese breakfast:

Japanese breakfast

A typical tatami room at the Sosuke minshuku:

A tatami room at Sosuke

Shoshanna with Rick Weisburd and (in front of him) Nobuko Weisburd, surrounded by the ELSS office staff:

Rick, Nobuko, and the ELSS staff


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