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Kyoto and Tokyo Memories

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When you travel around Kyoto and Tokyo it’s always good to be with friends but even if you can’t remember there are some interesting places that even a person traveling by themselves can enjoy and can find somebody to talk to. I found myself having a fairly long discussion with a couple from Holland at the Ryoanji temple, the one temple I always visit when I go to Kyoto.

The Ryoanji gardens
if you watch the video below you will see how detailed this lady is manicuring the garden grasses
Beautiful tree moss
Inside Ryoanji
Old roof decorations. You can see the circles with the three items swirling, a design you see also in the Celtic tradition
Here you can see modern Japanese written with some characters which are smaller off to the right. Those are to help people read the specific pronunciation of the kanji and are always used for students when they are learning kanji. This pronunciation writing is called furigana
a virtuous dragon
The famous Zen rock garden
This was just good timing. There were a lot of pollutants and also missed in the air which made the Son this red color
This model is called the carbus. I guess they couldn’t make up their mind what to call it
Ueno park with a cherry blossoms
Typical post war restaurant
Karaoke in the small restaurant
I never require much encouragement to sing karaoke
“Italian” in kanji
One of the most famous graveyards in Tokyo
Betty Shibata’s gravesite
Deleting references to Christians
The small family tomb
The bucket of water in the previous photo is used to wash the tombstone
The last Tokyo tram
at bar K and GoldenGai Shinjuku with Scott Nellis
Preparing for presentations during cherry blossom season
Tokyo Sunset
With TAKEUCHI san singing karaoke
The street used to be lined with cherry trees 60 years ago
With my friend Katena san
People taking photos of the cherry tree
With Hayashi san’s sister preparing to visit the tomb
Hayashi family tomb
his is the one on the far left and you will notice the many kanji above the dates and name. This is the Buddhist name given to the person when they pass away. The more money you pay the better name the monks will give you.
Organized trash at the graveyard
a very fancy grave
Watch for cats and frogs
my hotels convenience store was so packed with Chinese touristS it was impossible to even get in. I had to wait an hour for them finish their purchases
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