I've been backing up my hard drives, one eternal DVD at a time. I'm getting very restless and want to get out and start shooting more of the Gion festival ( Read more... )

In which I am thankful for having bought a tripod....


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So I saw this at KFC yesterday:


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There was a procession through the Shijo-Kawaramachi intersection today, part of the Gion Festival. Luckily, I was on my lunch break so I could get pictures.


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Because then you'd accuse me of making it up because no one could possibly do this for real....

But I didn't.


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Since I got my new camera, I've been going picture-happy. So, I thought I might share....

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Yup, the weather was agreeable, so I went walking again - this time up in the far northeast of the city in Shugaku-in. There's a whole mess of temples up there, and I think I saw almost all of them.

I really ought to start on the 1 gig SD card from now on....


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Soundwalk series No. 1: Hankyu Line, KyotoAyme Frye is recording the sounds of Kyoto, and started with my train station. The sound clip - linked in the article - is three minutes in the Hankyu Omiya station, two train arrivals ( Read more... )