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 — map & image data — 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 — map & image data — 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 — map & image data — 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 — map & image data — 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 — map & image data — 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 — map & image data — nearby photos
What the?...

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

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1/640 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — 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 — map & image data — 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 — map & image data — 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 — map & image data — nearby photos
Way. Too. Cute.

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 120 mm — 1/500 sec, f/3.2, ISO 200 — map & image data — 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 — map & image data — nearby photos
Light as a Feather

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 190 mm — 1/400 sec, f/4.5, ISO 320 — map & image data — 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 — map & image data — nearby photos
Peace

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

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/400 sec, f/10, ISO 1600 — map & image data — 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 — map & image data — 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 — map & image data — 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.
Wonderful photos! We stop by your site a few times a week to get our Kyoto fill and we’re never let down. I especially like your titles and comments. Very fun! Also, we were upset by your Gizmodo experience, but we’re glad they pulled the post. Thanks for bringin us back to a city we love so much! G&G
I love that “I see you too” shot! A great selection of images again.
The children really are precious. So enjoy seeing them. Captions are perfect, especially onthe “What the..?? (the Geisha-meets-American- Square- Dancer)
I think it’s more like “Japanese trailer-trash Cinderella fantasy meets Britney Spears” —Jeffy
“What the..”
I had always thought Shichi-go-san was to showcase the kids, not the mother or father. This seems to have been lost for this Okaa-san.