Posts from — October 2004

Heian court ladies.

Mounted samurai

Sunny day, white face in deep shadow under white veil, the light meter almost exploded…I had to blow out something, didn’t I?

Fire everywhere, this Oct. 22 festival in the mountains north of Kyoto is very ethereal and other-worldly. (Big 1280 X 960 desktop background image)

A sea of fire floating on a sea of people, and yet no one seems to get burned.

The Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages) is going on now. I just came back from the parade downtown, a pageant of hundreds of people in costumes from the various eras of Kyoto’s history. Tonight is another of the year’s bigger festivals, the Kurama Hi-matsuri (Fire Festival). Can I make it to both in one day?

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