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Nao-san sits in front of stunning greens at Yusai-tei.
Autumn beyond the windows of Yusai-tei.
Autumn beyond the windows of Yusai-tei.
Summer beyond the windows of Yusai-tei.
Early summer above the Oi-gawa.
The fresh leaves of early summer reflected in a table at Yusai-tei.
Entrance to Yusai-tei.
Nao-san models in front of the round windows at Yusai-tei during the lush early summer.
Autumn colours peek through the windows at Yusai-tei.
Autumn colours peek through the windows at Yusai-tei, perfectly reflected in the polished table in the sitting room.
Persimmons strung up at Yusai-tei, with the Oi-gawa below.
Autumn colours peek through the windows at Yusai-tei, perfectly reflected in the polished table in the sitting room.
The path along the Oi-gawa in Arashiyama, red leaves and dripping after the rain.
The mountains slowly become a patchwork of colour as autumn deepens in Arashiyama.
Moss garden and fallen leaves at Yusai-tei.
Autumn colours above the Oi-gawa.
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Hello Fedifriends in #Japan 🙂
Would you like to meet for a beer?
My wife and I are going to be visiting #Tokyo, #Kyoto, and #Osaka in a few weeks time. It would be lovely to meet you, have dinner / drinks somewhere local, and see your beautiful cities.
DM me for dates.
We did this on our recent trip to Europe and it was lovely chatting with new friends.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/06/meeting-my-fedifriends-afk/
At the Sake Samurai Summit in Kyoto, experts raised a shared concern: the future of sake. With rising rice prices, shifting tastes and new markets overseas, the drink’s next chapter may be written far beyond Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/11/food-drink/sake-samurai-summit-kyoto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #drinking #sake #alcohol #kyoto
#ThreeGoodThings from yesterday… all train-related.
1 - we found the #Shinkansen out of #Hiroshima no problems and watched the world go by all up to #Kyoto… where we needed to swap trains and it was absolutely confusing.
2 - yet every decision we made was the right one including speaking to the awesomely helpful staff and ended up being way early for our connection…
3 - then for the final connection - when booking I gave us more time which we needed… perfection.
Now in lovely #Kanazawa🇯🇵🏯
Tommi 🤯 → 39C3
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A carpet of fallen pink camellia flowers.
Jizo-in's 'Jizo Hall', enshrining the statue that gives the temple it's name.
Delicate pink camellia flower.
Jizo-in's spectacular camellia bush, absolutely bursting with flowers.
✨goshiki (五色)= 'multicoloured'
✨yae (八重)= 'multilayered'
✨chiri (散)= 'shedding petals'
✨tsubaki (椿)= 'camellia'
Samurai mostly considered camellia unlucky as the flower heads typically dropped whole (like a beheading), but this species drop their petals one at a time🙌
It's thought that the daimyō Katō Kiyomasa (加藤清正 1562-1611) brought the bush back to Japan from the Korean mainland following a campaign against Urusan Castle (蔚山城の戦い) some time around 1596.
He presented it to Toyotomi who had it planted first at Kitano Tenmangū.
#Kyoto
Grand Kitano Tea Gathering monument at Kitano Tenman-gu.
Painting of the Campaign against Urusan Castle on the Korean mainland.
Woodblock print of Daimyo Kato Kiyomasa on horseback.
Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/
Jizo-in's 120 year old 'goshiki yaechiri tsubaki' camellia bush.
A carpet of fallen pink camellia flowers.
Jizo-in's 'Jizo Hall', enshrining the statue that gives the temple it's name.
Delicate pink camellia flower.
Jizo-in's spectacular camellia bush, absolutely bursting with flowers.
A carpet of fallen pink camellia flowers.
Jizo-in's 'Jizo Hall', enshrining the statue that gives the temple it's name.
Delicate pink camellia flower.
Jizo-in's spectacular camellia bush, absolutely bursting with flowers.
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Manpuku-ji's beloved 'kaipan' (開梛) is a fish-shaped board struck to alert monks to mealtimes, lectures and daily tasks.
Because fish do not close their eyes (and appear not to sleep), they became a symbol of hard training and dedication at temples.
#Kyoto
The ball in the fish's mouth represents 'bonnō' (煩悩), bad mental states (such as greed, jealousy and ignorance) that cloud one's mind.
Hitting the kaipan helps the fish 'spit out' the 'bonnō', the sound reminding the monks of their spiritual duties.
Signpost directing visitors to the kaipan.
Manpuku-ji's 'kaipan' is a fish-shaped board struck to alert monks to mealtimes, lectures and daily tasks.
Manpuku-ji's 'kaipan' is a fish-shaped board struck to alert monks to mealtimes, lectures and daily tasks.
The ball in the kaipan's mouth represents bad mental states.
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The layout of Manpuku-ji's structures and grounds is said to represent the abstract body of a dragon...the buildings and corridors its limbs, the paths its spine and scales, and the pond its gaping mouth.
Straight, unbending paths link all of Manpuku-ji's great halls.
Manpuku-ji's pond sits in front of the main gate.
Diamond shaped stones act as paths linking the main structures of Manpuku-ji together.
A dragon dance in lantern form.
Manpuku-ji's beloved 'kaipan' (開梛) is a fish-shaped board struck to alert monks to mealtimes, lectures and daily tasks.
Because fish do not close their eyes (and appear not to sleep), they became a symbol of hard training and dedication at temples.
#Kyoto
The ball in the fish's mouth represents 'bonnō' (煩悩), bad mental states (such as greed, jealousy and ignorance) that cloud one's mind.
Hitting the kaipan helps the fish 'spit out' the 'bonnō', the sound reminding the monks of their spiritual duties.
Signpost directing visitors to the kaipan.
Manpuku-ji's 'kaipan' is a fish-shaped board struck to alert monks to mealtimes, lectures and daily tasks.
Manpuku-ji's 'kaipan' is a fish-shaped board struck to alert monks to mealtimes, lectures and daily tasks.
The ball in the kaipan's mouth represents bad mental states.