day 15: nightlife

The nightlife in Kyoto is rather unique in that it largely appears that there isn't one. If Tokyo is the nightclub with music blaring out onto the streets, Kyoto is the speakeasy. One minute a silent alleyway, but a couple hidden turns and a staircase and you can already hear the clinking of glasses as they meet with beer inside.



Fast lens = bright night images.



I probably should have cropped in a little more.



The alleyway



The place to be.



The reward: chicken gizzards and beer. Life is good.



Good night.

Day 15 pt 4: couples and trains

Dang flower.











Love this green

Day 15: pt3

Some BW's on the way to the temple. Once again, I've forgotten the name of it, but I could have easily spent a day hiking around through the the thousands of tori.


Once again, a nostalgic photo.

Day 15: pt 2

I finally got around to putting my computer together and hooking up my network. I've been away from the blog for quite some time now due to my recent move. Ironically, what motivated me to finally get back to it was because - like many people these days - my thoughts are on Japan. It is such a wondrous and beautiful place for me, and it upsets me greatly to see what it's going through right now. If there is any country that can rally through disaster and persevere, it is Japan. I imagine it will do it with speed, grace and hopefully with the help of many other countries.

Here's pt 2 of my temple day in Kyoto. There was a temple that I wasn't able to see the last time I was in Kyoto so I made the effort this time to make the trip down. First stop some food, then Kyoto station.



I am a stalker



Outside the station. Loved the blue against the intense red bus.




Inside the station. If you squint it looks like a Picasso collage.




Love stairs. Always so dramatic. Elevators are boring.




Had to come back here as an homage