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Kimono Fair
We had a day off today, both of us, so we were able to enjoy the sunny autumn day as well as the kimono fair that took place right in our backyard, at Kamigamo-jinja.
While kimono merchants were proudly displaying their merchandise and visitors were treated with green tea prepared by maiko, the central attraction of [...]
Photos from Jidai Matsuri (2007)
It took me a while, and I certainly didn’t limit the photos in the album to the keepers only, but here it is: a selection of the photographs taken yesterday, at the Festival of Ages in Kyoto.
Clicking on the picture will take you to the Jidai Matsuri Photo Album, where higher resolution photographs are available.
Enjoy!
Need a Copyrighter?
I bet the brain behind this hollow commercial phrase was much more preoccupied avoiding the all present “engrish” to pay some attention to the choice of words as well.
Now, if they only had devised a campaign to go together with this toilet paper, I would have bet all my 5 yen coin collection that I [...]
Moon Viewers
“The clouds come and go
providing a rest for all
moon viewers.”
(Matsuo Bash?)
We enjoyed a superb evening yesterday, at the Moon Viewing Festival at Shimogamo-jinja. The weather was in perfect resonance with the collective wish of all of us present there, allowing us to witness the full moon shining brightly as it rose over the trees surrounding [...]
Okihiki
I came back yesterday from my second attendance to the Okihiki Festival*, in Ise and, taking into account that this event happens only twice every 20 years, who knows if it wasn’t the last…
Anyway, the locals certainly know how to enjoy the special occasion and totally ignored the ceasless pouring rain, having lots of fun [...]
