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]]> http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2010/08/22/zen-again/feed/ 0 紅葉 — モミジ http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2010/08/22/%e7%b4%85%e8%91%89-%e3%83%a2%e3%83%9f%e3%82%b8/ http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2010/08/22/%e7%b4%85%e8%91%89-%e3%83%a2%e3%83%9f%e3%82%b8/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:39:59 +0000 ken edwards http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/?p=2054


momiji are japanese maple trees. these pictures were made in kyoto in 2009

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]]> http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2010/08/22/%e7%b4%85%e8%91%89-%e3%83%a2%e3%83%9f%e3%82%b8/feed/ 2 more zen, less zen http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2010/08/21/more-zen-less-zen/ http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2010/08/21/more-zen-less-zen/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:16:14 +0000 ken edwards http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/?p=2031 what is the colour of wind?]]>


what is the colour of wind?

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]]> http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2010/08/21/more-zen-less-zen/feed/ 0 龍安寺（ryoan-ji) http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2010/07/18/%e9%be%8d%e5%ae%89%e5%af%ba%ef%bc%88ryoan-ji/ http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2010/07/18/%e9%be%8d%e5%ae%89%e5%af%ba%ef%bc%88ryoan-ji/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:00:56 +0000 ken edwards http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/?p=1848 うらやまし美しう成て散る紅葉 urayamashi utsukushuu natte chiru momiji how enviable becoming beautiful falling maple leaves  ]]>



うらやまし美しう成て散る紅葉

urayamashi utsukushuu natte chiru momiji

how enviable

becoming beautiful

falling

maple leaves ryoanji 10 ryoanji 9 ryoanji 8 ryoanji 7 ryoanji 6 ryoanji 5 ryoanji 4 ryoanji 3 ryoanji 2 ryoanji 1

 

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zen 13 zen 12 zen 11 kyoto 02 kyoto 01

 

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]]> http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2010/02/23/kyoto-gardens/feed/ 0 shinto (in the rain) http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2009/11/26/shinto-in-the-rain/ http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2009/11/26/shinto-in-the-rain/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:42:07 +0000 ken edwards http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/?p=719


shinto 1 (1) shinto 1 shinto 2 (1) shinto 3 (1) shinto 3 shinto 4 shinto 2

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]]> http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2009/11/26/shinto-in-the-rain/feed/ 0 kyoto, its station, and the mighty atom http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2009/11/24/kyoto-its-station-and-the-mighty-atom/ http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2009/11/24/kyoto-its-station-and-the-mighty-atom/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:28:32 +0000 ken edwards http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/?p=680


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]]> http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2009/11/24/kyoto-its-station-and-the-mighty-atom/feed/ 0 claska http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2009/11/24/claska/ http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/2009/11/24/claska/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:25:52 +0000 ken edwards http://kenedwards.org.uk/image/?p=668


the claska is newly refurbished but preserves the vaguely 60s — 70s retro pastiche of its original conception. it’s a lot of fun to stay here. a very quirky place, with ‘Mr Dog’ the dog salon on the ground floor. a dj playing electro funk mixes in the evening, a great selection of design magazines in the lobby library, with a craft shop on the eighth floor, and a gardening shop on the roof terrace which affords great views of the tokyo skyline in one direction and claska-1.jpg claska 2 claska 3 claska 4 claska 5 claska 6 claska 8 claska 7

(if you’re lucky with the weather) a stunning view of mount fuji in the other. the staff here all look like models and are unfailingly eager to please. google ‘claska, meguro’ if you’re going to visit the hypermetropolis.

alas. gone are the little robot dogs ‘aibo’ in each room. the hotel has changed hands since my last stay and the previous owners took their aibos with them. actually it was a bit spooky with that dog. after a little while you start to think they’re like real dogs. i used to wonder what it got up to while i was asleep.

it was great jumping on the electro cycles and terrorising the local pedestrians (it’s quite normal to cycle on the pavements in japan, although i’ve been told it’s quite illegal, just like the uk, but here in japan, no one seems to mind. perhaps it’s the absence of lycra-clad self-righteous psychos hurtling along like they’re trying out for the tour de france.)

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the screen is a delightful place to stay in kyoto. the staff are beautiful in every sense, very foreigner user-friendly, and situated in a quirky little shi-shi antique shop street. the screen 1 the screen 2 the screen 3 the screen 4 the screen 5 the screen 6 the screen 7 the screen 8 the screen 9 kyoto-093

nearby is bikkuri donki — surprise donkey. is the donkey surprised? is the donkey a surprise? do you get a donkey when you weren’t expecting one. and the darkest thought, are the hamburgers made from donkey meat?…

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