A few more pictures of kids in kimono, a followup from Kids in Kimono: Cute Enough to Eat earlier in the week. The current forecast is for rain on Sunday (when the kimono-clad-kids should be out again), so perhaps these shots are it for this year...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 105 mm — ¹/800 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Near the Shrine
kids colorful attire competing with the emerging fall colors

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — ¹/500 sec, f/4.5, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Sisters? Friends?
cute no matter how you slice it

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 110 mm — ¹/800 sec, f/4.5, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
A Bit Different
This looks a lot to me like traditional Korean attire, but it could also be a girl's hakama. I don't know.

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 130 mm — ¹/800 sec, f/4.5, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Pigtails
common among girls and, unlike The States, women

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 150 mm — ¹/1000 sec, f/4.5, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Blinding
The reds and greens are blinding, at least on my monitor.
( the boy running up is her brother, as I could surmise when he started pestering her )

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — ¹/640 sec, f/4, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
What the?...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 180 mm — ¹/800 sec, f/3.2, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Ah, Okay, I See

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — ¹/640 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Another View
of these kids

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — ¹/1000 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Shoes Part II
( Part I )

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — ¹/1000 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
It Was a Day for Pictures

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — ¹/1250 sec, f/3.2, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Way. Too. Cute.

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 120 mm — ¹/500 sec, f/3.2, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
A Touch Overdone
but nice colors

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 160 mm — ¹/500 sec, f/3.2, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Light as a Feather

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 190 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/4.5, ISO 320 — full exif & map — nearby photos
I See You Too
( if the caption doesn't make sense, inspect the picture again )

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/4.5, ISO 280 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Peace

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/4.5, ISO 280 — full exif & map — nearby photos

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/10, ISO 1600 — full exif & map — nearby photos
With Mom and Friend
from a mini festival going on in the park next to the shrine

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 160 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 500 — full exif & map — nearby photos
A Bit of Color

As I wrote the other day, we're still waiting for the fall colors to really arrive, but some trees have certainly given us a nice preview. Here's Nijo street, which runs in front of the shrine...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/11, ISO 2200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Progressively Oranger

The shrine is just to the left of the traffic light, which is where Jingumichi (“Shrine St.”) dead-ends. That's the street with torii (the big orange gate), thus giving views like this when you stand far enough away and look back toward the shrine.