Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm — ¹/125 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
About That Time of Year Again
plum blossoms at the Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine (北野天満宮), Kyoto Japan

Some photos from this ride that I did yesterday...

On the way out of the city, I swung by the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine to see their famous plum blossoms...

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Little-Used Side Entrance

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 31mm — ¹/125 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 35mm — ¹/1250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 35mm — ¹/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
I don't wash my bike during the winter, it seems,
and it shows

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 32mm — ¹/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm — ¹/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Staff
looks like they're waiting around for someone

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm — ¹/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Main Entrance

The Kitano Tenmangu Shrine is known for its plum blossoms (seen many times on my blog, such as here, here, and here), but is also richly photogenic in its own right.

I then headed over to Arashiyama and mountains west...

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Feels Like a Tobidashi-kun
but it's inviting you to come in and eat mochi

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/125 sec, f/4.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Entrance to the Mountains
at a spot were cyclists often stop for photos
(as I do, as attested by the “nearby photos” link under the picture)

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/125 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Road Closed Due to Landslide
thankfully, I hadn't planned to go that way

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/640 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Tobidashi-kun
( a concept explained here )

After taking the photo above, I realized that I'd never taken the road leading off to the left, so did.

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 27mm — ¹/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Farmstead Storage Building

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Field Access
the headwind I'd had all day was particularly strong here

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Old Sign
about some construction that ended four years ago

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm — ¹/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Hiyoshi Dam
日吉ダム

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 47mm — ¹/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Dam-Top Road

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 58mm — ¹/160 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
“Hiyoshi Velodrom”
four laps is about a kilometer
(I intended to do this after lunch, but by then I'd forgotten)

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm — ¹/125 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Lunch

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 38mm — ¹/125 sec, f/4.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Random Shrine Along the Way
(the trees look to be cherry, so they'll be blooming in six weeks)
Taji Shrine (多治神社)

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 33mm — ¹/125 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Typical Countryside

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/125 sec, f/9, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Oops, There's Still Snow Here
Hara Pass (原峠)
It was fine until I got to the pass, then snowy like this on and off down the northern descent

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/125 sec, f/2, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Super-Messy Road

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 47mm — ¹/160 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Bleak

A far cry from the first time I took in this view. But at least today there's a white-tailed deer, though it's almost impossible to find if you don't know exactly where to look... even harder than this find-the-deer shot from two weeks ago.

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/125 sec, f/1.7, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Even Messier than Before
if that's even possible

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/160 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Home-Made Tobidashi-kun

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/125 sec, f/2, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Ceder Harvest

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/125 sec, f/1.7, ISO 2500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Coffee, Cheesecake, and a Laugh
the same smile as on my first visit six years ago
Yama no Ie Hasegawa (山の家はせがわ)

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/125 sec, f/1.7, ISO 2500 — map & image data — nearby photos

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/125 sec, f/1.7, ISO 2500 — map & image data — nearby photos

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/125 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Unexpected Pond
at Kyomi Pass (京見峠)
It's apparently been there the whole time, but I never noticed

I ended up doing 1,850m (6,000') of vertical climb, which isn't all that much by my own standards — it ranks 43rd on my most-climb list — but it's the most in over two months, since this ride in December. So that's nice.