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Today's “quiz” is sort of fake.... those familiar with Japan will be able to figure it out within a few seconds, while those who aren't won't get it at all. I'm putting it here just because those few seconds of trying to figure it out can be a bit eerie. That odd feeling is sort of fun, so I wanted to present this photo out of context to allow people to experience the “uh.............. okay, got it” feeling for themselves.
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Too easy! …at least for those living in Japan, so I’ll leave the others to guess. I’ll venture to say it was taken at Yasaka Shrine as I shot them myself recently and was a little dismayed by the newness of the wood.
Yes, very easy for Japan folks or in my case, ex-Japan folks. Its snow covereing the wooden ladles at the hand-mouth washing station , Shito Shrine, perhaps the Heian Jingu? (It looks a bit too open for what I remember of Yasaka Jingu.)
Snow reminds me of the game of enjoying palm trees covered in snow.
If I haven’t made a bad mistake, a palm worth visiting is on Gojo Dori, north side, just east of what I think is the Aeon Mall (I’ve got to make some progress on learning to read Japanese!). Where Google Maps shows Saiinminamikotobukicho, a vegetable garden is at the corner. At the corner of a blue roof, you can see the big crown of leaves.
I’m nearly certain it’s a species of Sabal (fan-leafed palms from the Caribbean and Mexico). It might be Sabal uresana, a big Mexican species or possibly Sabal causiarum from the Caribbean.
I’ve seen nothing else like it.
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say “fluffy snow on wood”.
I’ll go farther out on that limb… “wet, fluffy snow on four-by-fours” 🙂
The not-unexpected answer is provided on the following post.
It’s an out of focus picture of Anthony!
Well, yeah, that too, but most of the images of him that I post are out of focus. 😉 —Jeffrey