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Entrance Path
to the Saginomori Shrine (鷺森神社), Kyoto Japan
Continuing the story of my last post, “Revisiting Kyoto’s Fall Colors: Shugakuin Imperial Villa Last November”, on a day with friends last November in Kyoto, Japan filled with photographic delights, the story had ended with our finishing a visit to the Shugakuin Imperial Villa. We had some time before lunch, so we paid a quick visit to the Saginomori Shrine (鷺森神社).
A small wall has “wish plaques”, where people write their wishes. Presumably, the shrine will burn them later in a ceremony (like this small ceremony, or this very large one).
People often wish for happiness or for health, but the girl who wrote the one whose text was visible to me had more specific ideas:
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Nothing Too Special
the one in the upper right ask only “to hit it big in the lottery”
For lunch, we treated ourselves to French, at La Verveine for a $20 meal that in France would cost, we were told (by a Frenchman) 5× the price.
This appetizer was much better than my quick photo of it would indicate.
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/200 sec, f/1.4, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Getting Started
at La Verveine
I couldn't do the photography justice, so I put the camera away until the after-dinner coffee.
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/200 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Kataoka-Sensei
and his cute little cup
With the visit to the Imperial Villa and such a fantastic lunch, we'd had a great day so far, but the best still awaited...