JAPAN 2017: DAY 3, PART 1 – Arashiyama – Bamboo Grove, Tenryu-ji Temple (Inc. Video)
These 18 new galleries are a combination of a month and a half’s work of whittling down & post-processing around 5000 photos that I took on this dream trip to Japan in November 2017 down to 561, many late nights & tired eyeballs, 5 months planning & preparation for the actual trip (no package holiday tours here!), raising the funds, praying everyday that war wouldn’t break out in Korea, surviving two crazy long flights on zero sleep, navigating around the Japanese cities of Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Tokyo & Hiroshima, getting up crazy early to get to some of these places before the hoards of mostly Chinese tourists arrive and generally walking & hiking until I couldn’t feel my feet anymore! I present to you ‘Me, Myself and Japan 2017 Trip!’ (and my camera of course… ;] )
Bamboo Grove Photos
Catching the train out of Kyoto to Arashiyama KyotoCemetery and autumn colors ArashiyamaA fellow trekker ArashiyamaEarly morning at the Bamboo Grove before the crowds ArashiyamaIn the cool shade of the Bamboo Grove ArashiyamaLooking up to the sky at the Bamboo Grove ArashiyamaThe long growth of Bamboo at the Bamboo Grove ArashiyamaCouple being pulled through the Bamboo Grove on a rickshaw ArashiyamaSenior instasnapping at the Bamboo Grove Arashiyama
Tenryu-ji Temple Photos
Entering the North Entrance with the autumn colors at Tenryu ji Temple ArashiyamaYou can see the Bamboo Grove from inside Tenryu ji Temple ArashiyamaJapanese Red Maple autumn colors at Tenryu ji Temple ArashiyamaShrine amongst autumn colors at Tenryu ji Temple ArashiyamaWithering tree outside the Tahoden at Tenryu ji Temple ArashiyamThe Tahoden at Tenryu ji Temple ArashiyamaStone lantern in autumn colors at Tenryu ji ArashiyamaTemple roof details in autumn colors at Tenryu ji ArashiyamaWalking through the Japanese Red Maples and autumn colors at Tenryu ji ArashiyamaPausing to look at the yellow and red autumn colors at Tenryu ji ArashiyamaLooking out over the Sogen Garden in the eraly morning with autumn colors at Tenryu ji ArashiyamaThe tatami floors and painting at the Main Hall entrance in Tenryu ji ArashiyamaA classic viewpoint looking through the Main Hall out onto the Sogen Garden with autumn colors in Tenryu ji ArashiyamaPart of the wall along the Meditation Hall in Tenryu ji ArashiyamaThe tatami floors of the Main Hall in Tenryu ji ArashiyamaThe Shoun kaku teahouse in autumn colors in Tenryu ji ArashiyamaThe path leading from the Kohojo to the Tahoden with autumn colors in Tenryu ji ArashiyamaMountain rock garden outside the entrance to Tenryu ji ArashiyamaStatue just outside Tenryu ji Temple ArashiyamaBuddhist monk stringing up a bamboo fence ArashiyamaTwo gilrs walk past a pefectly trimmed hedge with autumn colors ArashiyamaArashiyama Arhat ArashiyamaArashiyama Arhat stone statues 01 ArashiyamaArashiyama Arhat stone statues 02 ArashiyamaArashiyama Arhat stone statues 03 ArashiyamaKatsura river boats with autumn colors in the hills behind ArashiyamaRiverside resturant ArashiyamaMini blue van Arashiyama
