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On The Way To Lunch: Eastern-Kyoto Stroll

by Jeffrey Friedl Thu, April 26th, 2012 2:48pm JST (10 years, 11 months ago)

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I took my camera when I walked to lunch through a small area of eastern Kyoto yesterday. These are some of the shots I took along the way.

Kyoto Field Trip I'm guessing these are high-school kids on a field trip to Kyoto. small groups are roving all over -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/800 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Kyoto Field Trip
I'm guessing these are high-school kids on a field trip to Kyoto.
small groups are roving all over

Lunch Break at a construction site -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Lunch Break
at a construction site

Uprite and Stowed Position complex business end of a retractable crane -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/1600 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Uprite and Stowed Position
complex business end of a retractable crane

Not Quite I was thinking to make this a desktop background, but the more I look at it, the more I feel something is off balance -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 280 — map & image data — nearby photos
Not Quite
I was thinking to make this a desktop background, but the more I look at it,
the more I feel something is off balance

On Patrol meter maids on the prowl -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
On Patrol
meter maids on the prowl

Ultra Fluffy -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Ultra Fluffy

Rest Break -- Cherry Tree Inside Maruyama Park -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/800 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Rest Break

Duckie! -- Cherry Tree Inside Maruyama Park -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/800 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Duckie!

Some Temple or Other -- Maruyama Park -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos
Some Temple or Other

“Nene-no-Michi” Quaint “Ne-ne Street” -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
“Nene-no-Michi”
Quaint “Ne-ne Street”

Dress Up Ladies dress as geisha and hit the town -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 560 — map & image data — nearby photos
Dress Up
Ladies dress as geisha and hit the town

desktop background image of oddly-green cherry blossoms (御衣黄桜) in Kyoto, Japan -- Green-Tinged Cherry Blossoms Pink splash over a greenish-white base These are 御衣黄桜 ( gyoikou sakura ) -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 450 — map & image data — nearby photos
Green-Tinged Cherry Blossoms
Pink splash over a greenish-white base
These are 御衣黄桜 (gyoikou sakura)

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Fellow Photographer She took photos of the blossoms while I admired her simple and elegant kimono -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/800 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Fellow Photographer
She took photos of the blossoms while I admired her simple and elegant kimono

Touristy but quite pleasant when not crowded -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 220 — map & image data — nearby photos
Touristy
but quite pleasant when not crowded

desktop background image of a ricksha driver giving directions to two ladies in kimono, in Kyoto Japan -- Neighborly Assistance -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Neighborly Assistance

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Photo Op while she hides an SLR behind her -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Photo Op
while she hides an SLR behind her

Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 450 — map & image data — nearby photos

Both lunch and the walk back will be their own posts...

Continued here...

April	30th,	2012	Delicious Yuba Lunch at Junsei, Near Kyoto's Kiyomizu Temple
May	6th,	2012	Returning From Lunch: New Discoveries Close To Home in Eastern Kyoto
February	9th,	2014	An Apprentice-Geisha Photoshoot Quite Unlike Any Other

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I liked the photos and it was good to see the students are still wearing uniforms or dressing alike as in the top photo.

— comment by Abraham Lincoln on April 27th, 2012 at 2:57am JST (10 years, 11 months ago) — comment permalink