Nishiki Market, Kyoto
Playing dress up
Dinner time! We didn’t sit on the floor, but on short little chairs
Gold leaf wrapping class. We got to take home our personalized chopsticks
Maiko,meaning a apprentice geisha, she’s 15 years old
We stayed in a traditional Japanese inn, called a ryokan. They provide these yukata, like Japanese pajamas, you can where them in all the public areas of the inn, including dinner. You must wear the flap with the left over the right, otherwise, you’re at a funeral
Fushimi Inari shrine is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind its main buildings
Walked into a random restaurant in Takayama and had Hida beef (a grade of waygu) sushi (in center of pic), along with miso, rice, and sides. All were amazing!
Nara Deer Park
Kasuga-taisha is a Shinto shrine. established in 768 CE. The interior is famous for its many bronze lanterns, as well as the many stone lanterns that lead up the shrine.
There’s a multitude of deer everywhere, and they will bow for a cookie.
The Buddha is 15 meters tall
Kyoto, Gisha District
Eating hoba misoyaki in Takayama. It’s a speciality dish served on a leaf, cooked over open flame
Kinkaku-ji Temple
Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
Kyoto sky tower
Kyoto train station
Kyoto lights
Traditional koto/japanese harp playing
Nishiki Market, full of delights, and people
Octopi
We participated in a monk-led meditation as well as a tea ceremony
Nijo Castle
Thatched farm houses in Shirakawa-go, UNESCO World Heritage Site
... in Kyoto, Japan.
in Kyoto, Japan.
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