Modest light at the entrance of a house, Kyoto

PS. I cannot reply to your comments because I am leaving for the beautiful country of roses. I'll be back in Tokyo and read them on 5th June.

A childish image of Buddhism, Miidera Temple

Japanese chrysanthemum, Sennyu-ji Temple, Kyoto

Maiko, being about to go out

Maikos seem to work very hard because they always need to dress up and wear many clothes of kimono even in the middle of summer. Kyoto's summer is very humid and hot, so even an hour walk only with T-shrit in the sunny day in summer make us sweat. But, strangely enough, dressed geikos, as their experiences enlarges, don't get sweat so much evern in such a hot and humid day.

bamboo and the pattern of water surface

The natural green of leaves and mosses welcomes us, Kinkakuji Temple

A pond over the veranda, Tenryuji Temple

A dragon, supporting the roof, in Horyuji Temple

Stone brigde, in Katsura Imperial Villa

Smoked bamboo on the inner wall of a house

Golden Pavilion 2, Kingakuji Temple

An entrance of a Japanese restaurant

This is an entrance of a Japanese restaurant and the steppeing stones, indigo-dyed cloth and modest light of incandescent lamp make guests welcome.

Noren, a curtain of a shop 2

This white cloth is a Noren, hang at the entrance of Japanese restaurant, showing people outside that the shop is open now.

By the way, the mixture of the Chinese character and the illustration says, a bird, Tori(鳥) in Japanese. The shape of this character derives from the shape of some bird.

Only one Chinese character can have a specific meaning, quite unlike the alphabet. But it is rather hard to learn the characters. Because there are a lot of characters, compared with the alphabet. The alphabet is only 26 but Chinese characters, used in Japanese newspaper, are said to be more than 3,000.

I think it is hard for foreigners to learn Japanese partly because of a lot of Chinese characters.

To Raquel,
We have learned about 1,000 characters in 6 years of elementary school and other 1,000 in 3 years of junior high school. So take it easy!!

The entrance of the traquility realm, Shisen-do

A decorative alcove, in Syugakuin Imperial Villa

Stepping stones in the garden of tea ceremony

These stepping stone lead to a tea house and we need to walk only these stones to move around the garden.

These are best guide for visitors to appreciate the garden

A wall made of clay and old tile roof, Todaiji Temple

Have a nice weekend, seeing fresh green over there

Now we can feel the modest breeze through bamboos and trees with fresh green and I love the moment of seeing this fresh green, made by the great nature.

Have a nice day and peaceful moment:-))

Natural tapping water, Sanzen-in Temple

Fresh green of maple leaves

Sliding papered door with some picture and gold leaves, Daikakuji Temple

Bamboo fence 2

Tai, a kind of fish for happiness

This is called Tai, sea red bream, and is thought as a kind of fish for happiness.

This fish is served at the dinner of Japanese-way wedding ceremony and dedicated to the gods at shrine.

We eat it as sashimi, sliced raw fish, with soy sauce, or kobujime, the one rolled up and tasted with kelp, or shio-yaki, the one grilled with some shake of salt, or tai-chazuke, the one together with boiled rice and tasted soup with some fish.

In front of a Japanese restaurant at night

A daily scenery at sightseeing spots

Traditional and ecological taxi, rickshaw

This is rickshaw and best for sightseeing in a sunny day.
The word, rickshaw, comes from jinrikisha(人力車), a vehicle that moves by man power in Japanese.
By the way, here is a modern and ecological taxi, velotaxi.

Personal thing is....

Excuse me for the personal thing, but today, 2nd May, is my birthday. The azaleas after the cherry blossoms celebrate my birthday:-))

Theme Day for the month of 1, May: City Exchange

Melting pot

This photo is just kidding and on the photo attached are faces of some members of DP and some friends.

Kyoto is not melting pot like NYC or other cities, but many people from other countries go there for traveling.

P.S.
Dear Eric, Abraham, Chan, Bunyamin, Valery, Mark,
Thanks for allowing me to use the photo:-))

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