Kimono Concert

Last weekend my friend, T, and I participated in a Kimono Concert which as the name suggests is a concert where everyone-the audience, the performers, and the event hall staff-wear kimono.

We had a few hours before the concert started so T and I used the opportunity to visit different places around Kyoto and take photos. It was really fun.

Back at the concert hall seeing all the different colored/patterned kimono and accessories was a real treat.

Look forward to participating in a similar event again.

T's ushirosugata

In the garden of a kyomachiya

T and our afternoon tea from Miss Daisy's

Beautiful Screen

A rather sweet but still good nikuman

from Nishiki Market first seen here

Last Weekend Walk About

'Nightmare before Christmas' characters outside a house. Strange for Kyoto.

Wonder what's inside...

..."Oh, konnichiwa."

Shirayama Shrine from the outside.

Inside Shirayama Shrine.

Baseball in the Imperial Palace Park.

Gate in the Imperial Palace Park.

In the Imperial Palace Park.

In the Imperial Palace Park.

In the Imperial Palace Park.

In the Imperial Palace Park.

The Kamo River.

By Horikawa Street.

Thé Vert Cake

Cake from MSH

Manshuin

If you are a Buddhist and or understand Japanese I think you'll find this place really interesting as there are lots of historical bits and pieces to look at. As for me, I enjoyed looking at the garden and the tea implements the most.

Zenkain

'We should have worn our masks...'

'Celebs' outed near Oike Street.

Sekizan Zenin, Part 2

The 7 Good Luck Gods.

Some lucky charms.

A close-up of a lucky charm.

Skinny decorative bridge.

The shrine where I saw some deer just beyond the temple fence-awesome surprise. It's not often I see wild animals.

Stones on top of a wooden torii (=gate).

Good Luck God omikuji (=fortune)

I spy with my little eye something beginning with 'm'...

'M' for monkey.

And here's another one.

Too cute!

One for the road in the form of a lucky charm perhaps?

The wooden gate to the temple.