“Can I open my eyes yet?”
"That depends. Are you waiting for us to be anywhere near ground?"
“Right.”
"Keep your eyes shut."
“Right.”
— from Skin Deep, by "David Peters"Hills on fire
I’ve been trying to space out the insane-fall-colors pictures, because it’s so easy to overdose. And this was on a cloudy day.
I think if you set your camera to “vivid”, you’d crack the lens after a while.
Life on the river
As always, the boatmen on the Hozugawa Kudari river-boat ride are cheerful and funny. I just wish I could keep up with their jokes.
Moats aren't just for duckies
They bought crackers
Play space
Just in case the kids don’t have the patience for a lengthy visit to the Kyoto Botanical Garden.
Beyond the obvious
One of my goals for this trip was to revisit places without the time pressure of a tour group. The tours are worth doing once, especially if you’re short on time, but you miss more than you see.
NASA?
I took this picture for two reasons. Because “BuilDing” struck me as an unusual romanization choice, and because I was curious what the place actually was. Turns out it rents 460-square-foot apartments for $840/month. So, not an expansive vision of Space.
Still no idea what it’s supposed to stand for, though, unlike the one in Osaka.
Know your Miko!
Fake Miko, Toei Studio Park:
Real Miko, Kasuga Taisha shrine:
Still no miko magic on display, sadly…
