kyoto: kiyomizu-dera

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[kyoto - kiyomizu-dera]:

After Kodai-ji, we walked to Kiyomizu-dera, one of three sites we were able to see in both daytime and nighttime. It was roped off and guarded, so we weren't able to get in, but we were able to get some photographs anyway.

On the last full day in Kyoto (Wednesday? We spent Thursday in Himeji and Friday we took the shinkansen back to Tokyo), we went back. It's another of those sites that every tourist needs to go, so it was crowded, as usual.

The light green trees are Japanese maples, so in the autumn the valley is filled with red leaves. My parents are going back some autumn to see that.

There's an expression, "jumping from Kiyomizu-dera", that people use to describe a life-altering decision.

The sakura were definitely well on their transition from blossoms to leaves.

Comments

[thewintering.livejournal.com]

All of these have been so beautiful to spy. Each set has been more vibrant than the next. Thisreminds me very vividly of a setting in my dreams where I trained to slay demons that plagued the earth.

I hope your trip is going splendidly.

[drkscrtlv.livejournal.com]

i'm back, as of saturday =)
and thank you, i'm glad you enjoyed them.

[ ! ]

[thewintering.livejournal.com]

Were you just on the corner of Van Ness and California?

Sincerely,
Not Stalking You

Re: [ ! ]

[drkscrtlv.livejournal.com]

hah, yes.
i suppose you were as well?

[thewintering.livejournal.com]

A-hah! I thought it must have simply been that I had just run into someone else from the blue and my mind was suspicious of familiar faces. I thought to myself 'if I had my glasses I could be certain by the sleeve tattoo', but alas... I was mostly blind.

I have a legitimate alibi! Whole Paycheck demanded I get brownie bites and Strauss Creamery milk.

[drkscrtlv.livejournal.com]

Ah.
I was Poking at Things at Guitar Center, then off to pho.
Hope your brownie bites were delicious.