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