Gummo catch and release program

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U-S-A

miss gion matsuri



it was like 90° outside and these people were in kimonos...wedding kimonos

praying mantis float

Tanuki Shrine

very moist day

Freshwater crabs chillin at the jinja
so many tanuki

Ayabe and The Papermaking Village Kurotani

steaming some kozo

making paper for envelopes


makin meishi
meishi

purple shiso
mossy jinja

Hydrangeas

sometimes this happens

I went to Osaka but then my camera died at the Kaiyukan

for those of you who don't know what a fire light noh performane looks like

this is what it looks like, not my picture





the couple that dresses alike end up looking ridiculous
toji temple,

the ground spider demon

Heian Jingu, after the Tagiki Noh perfomance
this lady tried to get some web, tripped and fell

the fire is lit
that woman's mouth is full of rice
a cow, made of bronze at a shrine in teramachidori!
the same
enma at senbondori


buddha at daikokuji
pine tree
traditional building








A really ancient go board

the smallest rock garden in japan

famous ink painting


not the smallest rock garden in japan but you can still contemplate the universe here