Wednesday, February 29, 2012

兎の冬 - Kyoto

This is a story about a Rabbit Stalker who stalked The Human (a photojournalist) throughout his winter backpacking in Japan.
The Human then headed to Kyoto, where there are 2000 religious places- 1600 Buddhist temples and 400 Shinto shrines.
Higashi Hongan-ji was the first Shin Buddhism Temple he visited in Kyoto. 
It amazed him when the sunset  lie on the huge temple structure and evening birds flying around the compound.
The Human got lost looking for his host Satoki's house, but was then welcomed by his warm home-cooked dinner and friendly housemates at the end of the day. He was pleased.
He couldn't hide his excited when he finally experienced the torii lining footpath at the famous Fushimi Inari shrine and it took him a few hours of snail-pace walking (while he admires the surrounding) to reach Kiyomizudera Temple.


On the last cold night in Kyoto, God sent him the first snow ... 






















1 comment:

  1. Beautiful photo, as always!! God had created the miracle, just for you :) I can feel ur happiness when you told me about your journey at jp.

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