Folding Fans
Colorful Sensu (Folding Fans) Ten bucks each -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/20 sec, f/3.2, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
Colorful Sensu (Folding Fans)
Ten bucks each
20 bucks each -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 170 mm — 1/6 sec, f/5, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
20 bucks each
25 bucks each -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 0.7 sec, f/9, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
25 bucks each
75 bucks each ( I don't see the attraction ) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1/20 sec, f/3.2, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
75 bucks each
( I don't see the attraction )
Bamboo Veins, Bamboo Holder Fabric Face -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 0.8 sec, f/13, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
Bamboo Veins, Bamboo Holder
Fabric Face
These Were Probably Pretty Pricy although I neglected to notice how much -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1/4 sec, f/9, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
These Were Probably Pretty Pricy
although I neglected to notice how much
Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 180 mm — 1/15 sec, f/5, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos

I snapped these photos outside a shop near the entrance to the Kiyomizu Temple (the subject of yesterday's post) on one of the evenings I was out for the Kyoto Higashiyama “Hanatoro” Lightup Event in March. I had my tripod with me, and the crowds had thinned, so I set up outside the shop (and outside the path of customers) and started snapping.

Can You Guess What They Sell Here? -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 23 mm — 1/5 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
Can You Guess What They Sell Here?

A few doors down, there was a cute toddler-sized kimono...

Toddler Kimono -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 110 mm — 1/20 sec, f/4.5, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
Toddler Kimono
Kid's Fancy Dress-Up Slippers -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1/10 sec, f/4, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
Kid's Fancy Dress-Up Slippers

Of course, these are just toys... you can see kids in real kimono in this post and this post.


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