Monday, April 5, 2010

Sakura, Maiko, Daidaikichi, and Little Buddha Heads

Love this picture... May be my best piece of amateur work :)


Omikuji @ Fushimi Inari! DAI DAI KICHI... Who gets that!?!? None of my coworkers even heard of this before and they are native Japanese born and raised in Japan! Lucky lucky. I loooove omikuji...

I love Fushimi Inari and the rows of red gates!!! Reminiscent of Memoirs of a Geisha! I wanted to race through them!

If you lift the stone and it's light your wish will come true... Needless to say my wish will definitely not be coming true...

The arrangement of the rocks symbolize Buddhist priests and their disciples... The big rocks are priests and the little ones are students... All of the rocks are facing the larger rocks in the back on the grass... Notice the smaller rocks are in the back (cause they're less influential)... So much thought going into this one garden! Amazing and very zen...

Picture window...

College graduation... Girls dressed in their best kimonos...

First Hanami in 2010 as a resident of Japan!




Lunch... Unagi-don and a small glass of beer overlooking Arashimaya town. Life is good!

Just loved this...

Arashimaya River

The Bamboo Groves... I looove Arashimaya...


Wooooo jump!

Walking all day/that jump got me tired especially in my high-heel boots...

Hello Mr. Fat Kewpie... He he he.

Sakura by the river...

GION! (Where the maikos and geishas play) - This is the spot in Memoirs of a Geisha where Sayuri runs into The Chairman... I am slightly enamored with the book/movie as you can see...

Cute little Buddha heads in the ground!

Kawaiiiiiii... So fat and happy!


Weird puppets...

The coils on the tree trunk just blew my mind... Easily amused I guess...

Moss Garden...

MAIKO!!!!


Maiko drinking champagne and playing drinking games! They were sweet enough to teach me as well!


I asked if the Maiko would dance... And probably should have just kept my big ole mouth shut as it was very sloooow... Kind of like a very very slow hula with Japanese guitars...

Best part about temple visits: Matcha and wagashi (Japanese sweets)

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