{"id":2052,"date":"2012-07-21T17:09:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-21T08:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-07-21\/2052"},"modified":"2012-07-21T17:09:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-21T08:09:45","slug":"a-few-snapshots-from-this-years-gion-matsuri-in-downtown-kyoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-07-21\/2052","title":{"rendered":"A Few Snapshots From This Year’s Gion Matsuri in Downtown Kyoto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 1600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHeading To Gion Matsuri<\/span>\n“yoi-yoi-yoi yama”, the first of three festival evenings\n<\/div>\n\n

I missed most of Kyoto's Gion Matsuri<\/a> this\nyear, except for one evening when I stepped<\/span> out for a few<\/span> hours with\nAnthony. Unlike last\nyear<\/a> where I shot<\/span> with a massive 300mm f\/2 lens<\/a>,\nthis year photography was secondary, so I just<\/span> brought along a simple<\/span> 85mm\nf\/1.4.<\/p>\n\n

No particular theme to today's photos... just snapshots I took<\/span> along the way.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 4000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMinnie<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nShijo St.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 5000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSitting Wherever You Can Find a Seat<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 5600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSide Street<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The wall of lanterns above (which are really warm orange, but appear\nwhite because the color\nchannels were blown out<\/a>) is on one of the big yamaboko<\/i>\nfloats<\/a> that are a major<\/span> part of the festival. Up inside<\/span> the top, music\nwas being played for the crowd...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 450 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMusicians<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 360 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The side streets were filled with festival vendors of all types. Here's one where one tries to use a tissue<\/span>-paper scoop to\ncollect wet marbles...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

In former times (and still now) you had to try to collect as many\ngoldfish as you could from a bin<\/span> of water before the tissue broke, and you\ncould take them home (where they presumably soon found their way to the\ntoilet). This version with marbles seems better.<\/p>\n\n

The tissue breaks very quickly once it gets wet, and I don't<\/span> think the girl above got any marbles, but an older boy had a\ngreat<\/span> technique where he held the thing vertically to put most of the\nweight of the marble on the plastic rim, and he was scooping them up...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGood Technique<\/span>\ncertainly quite satisfying\n<\/div>\n\n

However, at this vendor you could pay a bit<\/span> extra and get as many marbles as you could\ntransfer with two big plastic scoops:<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nJackpot<\/span>\nperhaps less satisfying, but you get a lot<\/span> of marbles\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.6, ISO 2200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDisgusting<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

This disgusting stall featured a lady<\/span> who would lean directly over...\nwaaaay<\/i> over... the cooking food when exchanging money with\ncustomers, with her cigarette sporting a long<\/span> trail of ash. Ugh.<\/p>\n\n

Another stall seemed a bit more sanitary...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 2500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCandy Apples<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCandy Pot<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAnother Large Float<\/span>\nfeaturing a small tea room in front\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 2000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOpen-Air Tea Room<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 7200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTea Girls<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 3600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAdult Girls<\/span>\nenjoying an adult beverage\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 900 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCucumbers on a Stick<\/span><\/span>\nrefreshing cool snack on its own, but also great with beer\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 11400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nChicken Skewers<\/span>\napologizing to potential customers about the wait needed until they're done\n( we had a bunch of these; they were great )\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 12800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHeading Home<\/span>\nI wonder what will become of the massive blow-up cartoon hammer\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 12800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFestive Mood<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 12800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPhoto Op<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Looking at the “nearby photos” under any of these will likely bring you to lots of photos from last year's many outings.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I missed most of Kyoto's Gion Matsuri this year, except for one evening when I stepped out for a few hours with Anthony. Unlike last year where I shot with a massive 300mm f\/2 lens, this year photography was secondary, so I just brought along a simple 85mm f\/1.4.<\/p>

No particular theme to today's photos... just snapshots I took along the way.<\/p>

The wall of lanterns above (which are really warm orange, but appear white because the color channels were blown out) is on one of the big yamaboko floats that are a major part of the festival. Up inside [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}