During the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese craftwork became a lifeline for a New Yorker as she contemplated a major move with her husband. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/10/13/voices/sashiko-embroidery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #voices #sashiko #craft #japanesecrafts #expats #kyoto
Seven android robots shown at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka in a pavilion produced by University of Osaka professor Hiroshi Ishiguro will be relocated to Kyoto Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/japan/japan-osaka-expo-robots-move/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #osakaexpo #kyoto #robots #hiroshiishiguro
Emperor Naruhito has made a speech in English at the opening ceremony of the 22nd annual meeting of the Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum in the city of Kyoto. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/emperor-speech-kyoto-science-forum/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #emperornaruhito #ai #tech #kyoto
Dan Gillmor
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I'm a longtime professor in Japan and live near Kyoto. Here is some flower power at Kyoto Botanical Gardens, a huge park by the river Kamogawa that is easily accessed. I previously gave more info and showed photos from its big greenhouses, at permalinks https://hcommons.social/@SteveMcCarty/115186088262057479 and https://hcommons.social/@SteveMcCarty/115191307143320552
If you like these, there are plenty more!
Publications on Japan: https://japanned.hcommons.org/japanology
#Japan#Kyoto #garden #nature#travel #flowers #sightseeing #photography#photos
Something like a hibiscus, with a weeping willow tree in the background
Roses, too
Asian varieties of water lilies
Called in Japanese Monkey Sliding Tree, because of its smooth bark
I'm a longtime professor in Japan and live near Kyoto. Here is some flower power at Kyoto Botanical Gardens, a huge park by the river Kamogawa that is easily accessed. I previously gave more info and showed photos from its big greenhouses, at permalinks https://hcommons.social/@SteveMcCarty/115186088262057479 and https://hcommons.social/@SteveMcCarty/115191307143320552
If you like these, there are plenty more!
Publications on Japan: https://japanned.hcommons.org/japanology
#Japan#Kyoto #garden #nature#travel #flowers #sightseeing #photography#photos
Something like a hibiscus, with a weeping willow tree in the background
Roses, too
Asian varieties of water lilies
Called in Japanese Monkey Sliding Tree, because of its smooth bark
👣 Maïtané :empoleon:
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Entsuin Temple in Matsushima
#Japan #instajapan #sony #nature #tokyocameraclub #lovejapan #instagramjapan #instatravel #wanderlust #japantour #photooftheday#Sony #temple #japangram #osaka #focus #train #trip #vacations #tokyo #sonyalpha #follow #asia #beautifuljapan #daytime #japantourism #photooftheday#Photo #jp #kyoto #streetphotography#Sonyalpha #sonya6400 #sigma #fuji #mountfuji#Matsushimabay
#sendai#ShiogamaMinatoFestival
Entsuin Temple in Matsushima
#Japan #instajapan #sony #nature #tokyocameraclub #lovejapan #instagramjapan #instatravel #wanderlust #japantour #photooftheday#Sony #temple #japangram #osaka #focus #train #trip #vacations #tokyo #sonyalpha #follow #asia #beautifuljapan #daytime #japantourism #photooftheday#Photo #jp #kyoto #streetphotography#Sonyalpha #sonya6400 #sigma #fuji #mountfuji#Matsushimabay
#sendai#ShiogamaMinatoFestival
close to my ear
a single breeze
from a mosquito
只一ッ耳際に蚊の羽かぜ哉
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1793.
Trans. Ogawa Shinji.
#茶道 #teaceremony#CamelliaTeaCeremony#Kyoto #京都#Japan #matcha #summervibes
The gardens have tsukubai (purification basins), but we only use these during occasional tea gatherings. Each morning we change the water to keep them clean, and to prevent mosquitoes breeding!
Atsuko-san poses for a photographer in the teahouse garden.
During the summer we mostly keep the doors to the garden closed beside the tea room. Not only does this keep the cool air inside, it also traps the mosquitoes outside.
Atsuko-san throws open the doors to the teahouse garden to enjoy a quiet matcha moment.
Greg Lloyd
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Byodo-in's 'Phoenix Hall', framed in autumn colours.
Uji's distinctive red Asagiri Bridge.
Tale of Genji monument by the banks of the Uji-gawa (depicting a couple in Heian period dress).
Scorbunny and Spinda (pokemon) manhole cover in Uji.
4)
🎊Totodile and Azumarill (ワニノコ/マリルリ) are very close to the entrance of the Railway Museum (京都鉄道博物館) in Umekōji Park (梅小路公園).
#Kyoto#Pokémon #ポケットモンスター #ポケモン #梅小路公園#Pokémonmanholecovers#UmekojiPark#KyotoRailwayMuseum
Kyoto Railway Museum, in Umekoji Park.
Trains on display in Kyoto Railway Museum.
Trains on display in Kyoto Railway Museum.
Totodile and Azumarill manhole cover.
5)
🎊Chikorita and Shiftry (チコリータ/ダーテング) greet visitors to Nishikyōgoku Park, a large sports venue to the south west of the city. Katsura Detached Villa (桂離宮) is a short bike ride away.
Nao-san and Atsuko-san having fun in kimono outside Katsura Rikyu.
The pond at Katsura Rikyu.
The pond at Katsura Rikyu.
Chikorita and Shiftry manhole cover.
3)
🎊The legendary Ho-ō (ホウオウ) spreads it wings in Arashiyama Park, a short walk from the iconic Togetsu-kyō (渡月橋).
#Kyoto#Pokémon #ポケットモンスター #ポケモン#Pokémonmanholecovers#Arashiyama#Togetsukyo #渡月橋 #嵐山
The Togetsukyo Bridge viewed through cherry blossoms.
A monkey hugs a binocular stand and looks down at Arashiyama from Iwata Monkey Park.
Looking across Togetsukyo Bridge to Horin-ji temple on the mountain slope above.
Ho-o manhole cover.
4)
🎊Totodile and Azumarill (ワニノコ/マリルリ) are very close to the entrance of the Railway Museum (京都鉄道博物館) in Umekōji Park (梅小路公園).
#Kyoto#Pokémon #ポケットモンスター #ポケモン #梅小路公園#Pokémonmanholecovers#UmekojiPark#KyotoRailwayMuseum
Kyoto Railway Museum, in Umekoji Park.
Trains on display in Kyoto Railway Museum.
Trains on display in Kyoto Railway Museum.
Totodile and Azumarill manhole cover.
2)
🎊Cyndaquil and Darmanitan's (ヒノアラシ/ヒヒダルマ) home is in Okazaki Park, a stone's throw from Heian-jingū's grand Ōtenmon.
#Kyoto#Pokémon #ポケットモンスター #ポケモン #梅小路公園#Pokémonmanholecovers#Heianjingu #平安神宮#Ōtenmon
The roofed bridge of Heian Jingu.
Irises bloom in the grounds of Heian Jingu.
The vermillion Oten-mon gate of Heian Jingu.
Cyndaquil and Darmanitan manhole cover.
3)
🎊The legendary Ho-ō (ホウオウ) spreads it wings in Arashiyama Park, a short walk from the iconic Togetsu-kyō (渡月橋).
#Kyoto#Pokémon #ポケットモンスター #ポケモン#Pokémonmanholecovers#Arashiyama#Togetsukyo #渡月橋 #嵐山
The Togetsukyo Bridge viewed through cherry blossoms.
A monkey hugs a binocular stand and looks down at Arashiyama from Iwata Monkey Park.
Looking across Togetsukyo Bridge to Horin-ji temple on the mountain slope above.
Ho-o manhole cover.
1)
🎊A spring themed Pichu, Cleffa, and Igglybuff (ピチュ/ピィ/ププリン) are be found at Maruyama Kōen, close to the park's famous weeping cherry tree.
The main gate of Chion-in flanked by cherry blossoms.
Statue of Sakamoto Ryoma and Nakaoka Shintaro in Maruyama Park.
Maruyama Park's great weeping cherry tree in full bloom.
Pichu, Cleffa, and Igglybuff manhole cover.
2)
🎊Cyndaquil and Darmanitan's (ヒノアラシ/ヒヒダルマ) home is in Okazaki Park, a stone's throw from Heian-jingū's grand Ōtenmon.
#Kyoto#Pokémon #ポケットモンスター #ポケモン #梅小路公園#Pokémonmanholecovers#Heianjingu #平安神宮#Ōtenmon
The roofed bridge of Heian Jingu.
Irises bloom in the grounds of Heian Jingu.
The vermillion Oten-mon gate of Heian Jingu.
Cyndaquil and Darmanitan manhole cover.
Byodo-in's 'Phoenix Hall', framed in autumn colours.
Uji's distinctive red Asagiri Bridge.
Tale of Genji monument by the banks of the Uji-gawa (depicting a couple in Heian period dress).
Scorbunny and Spinda (pokemon) manhole cover in Uji.
1)
🎊A spring themed Pichu, Cleffa, and Igglybuff (ピチュ/ピィ/ププリン) are be found at Maruyama Kōen, close to the park's famous weeping cherry tree.
The main gate of Chion-in flanked by cherry blossoms.
Statue of Sakamoto Ryoma and Nakaoka Shintaro in Maruyama Park.
Maruyama Park's great weeping cherry tree in full bloom.
Pichu, Cleffa, and Igglybuff manhole cover.
Byodo-in's 'Phoenix Hall', framed in autumn colours.
Uji's distinctive red Asagiri Bridge.
Tale of Genji monument by the banks of the Uji-gawa (depicting a couple in Heian period dress).
Scorbunny and Spinda (pokemon) manhole cover in Uji.
Dan Gillmor
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Happy Friday from Japan!
Fushimi Ward in Kyoto is famous for "that shrine with the many orange toori gates". It is also a major sake-producing area and a pleasant district to explore.
1. Fushimi Inari Taisha
2. Along Horikawa Canal
3. Sake Breweries
4. Old Corner Tea Shop
#photography #streetphotography #travelphotography #fotografie #japan #kyoto #fushimi #fushimiinari #japanlife #kyotolife #photographersofmastodon
Old tea shop at a street corner in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, Japan.
Sake breweries in the Fushimi district of Kyoto, Japan. Fushimi is Japan's second-largest sake producing area.
Walking the dog along Horikawa Canal in the Fushimi Ward of Kyoto, Japan.
Tunnel encounter at Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, Japan.
Happy Friday from Japan!
Fushimi Ward in Kyoto is famous for "that shrine with the many orange toori gates". It is also a major sake-producing area and a pleasant district to explore.
1. Fushimi Inari Taisha
2. Along Horikawa Canal
3. Sake Breweries
4. Old Corner Tea Shop
#photography #streetphotography #travelphotography #fotografie #japan #kyoto #fushimi #fushimiinari #japanlife #kyotolife #photographersofmastodon
Old tea shop at a street corner in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, Japan.
Sake breweries in the Fushimi district of Kyoto, Japan. Fushimi is Japan's second-largest sake producing area.
Walking the dog along Horikawa Canal in the Fushimi Ward of Kyoto, Japan.
Tunnel encounter at Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, Japan.
In World War II, Kyoto was spared as a target of the atomic bomb. But the ancient capital was bombed several times by conventional means and carries the marks of those attacks through the present day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/08/07/travel/kyoto-wwii-aerial-bombing-history/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #travel #wwii #kyoto #atomicbombings
brendan (ジャンク品)
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🍡MOREISH MITARASHI😋
Today is the beginning of a three-day period celebrating mitarashi dango (みたらし団子)!🎉
Actually, this happens every month from the 3rd-5th because...
3= 'MI' (み)
4= 'taraSHI' (たらし)
5= 'danGO' (だんご)
Tenuous wordplay? Yes.
Fun? Also, yes.
Mitarashi dango...here you see that there is a variety of ways to finish them (the bottom two are covered in a traditional sauce, whereas the top two are covered in sweet bean jam).
Cold mitarashi dango, here unusually served without a skewer.
Pandango (pando shaped dango) and mitarashi dango.
Mitarashi dango are skewered balls of rice dough covered in a sweet and slightly salty sauce (there are typically between 3 and 5 balls per skewer).