文書は英語ですが、写真は共通
(though I'm taking a break from blogging for a while)
Search ResultsAfter one of my posts about a recent visit to the Nanzenji Temple, my mom mentioned in a comment that one of her books on moss gardening mentions a Giouji Temple in Kyoto for its nice mossy scenes (and I realize today that you can see at Amazon that the back cover features a photo from the temple). So today, I headed across the city to the far western edge of Kyoto to visit the Giouji Temple (祇王寺 -- pronounced with three distinct syllables: "gi" with a hard G, an "ou" (which makes a lengthed "o" sound like in the [...] 
View full post » I'd like to share a few more shots from yesterday's impromptu visit to Nanzenji (南禅寺 the Nanzen Temple, Kyoto Japan). The path above seems to lead to some part of the temple complex, but I've never seen anyone on it. I like the view, and think it might make a nice desktop background, so have provided links to both widescreen and standard-format versions. If incense smoke wafts over your head, you'll become smarter..... or so it is said. After the "Looking for Goodies" shot from yesterday's post, Anthony came running to me with the candy he'd procured. I wasn't able [...] 
View full post » Spring and Fall are Kyoto's glorious seasons, and although this season's foilage is said to be weak, it seems that I'm getting loads of great pictures every time I go out (and am going out a lot, since it's so nice and there are so many wonderful places close by). I'd posted many nice photos when I wrote about our summer trip to Ryouanji. Ryouanji (龍安寺 -- the Ryouan Temple) is a small temple tucked in near the mountains in the north-west part of Kyoto, near its more famous tourist-spot brother, Kinkakuji (金閣寺 -- the Golden Pavilion). A [...] 
View full post » The text of this post was originally written in April, 2004 as part of an online diary I kept before I actually started my blog. I'd forgotten about it until I ran across it in February 2008. I inserted it into my blog then, assigning dates appropriate to the content instead of to the time I actually added it. Thus, these April 2004 posts show up as my "first posts" in my list of posts, even though I didn't actually start a blog until a year later with my first post about buying a car in Japan. There's nothing here [...] I'm very surprised to find that I prepared this article last year but didn't actually post it. It's the final followup to "Minh and Nghia Photoshoot Preview", its Part 2, and wigglegram. We'd left off while at the Murin'an gardens, so we'll continue with a few more shots from there... A photoshoot at the Nanzen Temple must include a visit to the old (but still functioning) aquaduct. After this shot, I bade them farewell, and they continued on with their Kyoto sightseeing. 
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