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[4 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Video Feature: Kyoto Sakura DVD preview

I’m going to be offering a Kyoto Sakura DVD for sale this spring for the first time. Music composed, performed and licensed by Kevin Macleod.

Watch Kyoto Sakura preview on Vimeo.

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[10 Mar 2009 | One Comment | ]
Video: Girls’ Day Hina Matsuri at Shimogamo Shrine

At Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto, every year on Girls’ Day (March 3) there is a ceremony where Nagashibina dolls on straw rafts are set afloat on the little stream that runs through the grounds of the shrine. Somehow, this conveys protection on the growing children.

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[1 Oct 2008 | One Comment | ]
Video: Kyoto autumn preview

A little look at the fall colors before they come. Scenes that I didn’t show last year. Commenting is now enabled if you have any comments, requests or suggestions.
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[24 Sep 2008 | No Comment | ]
Video: Higanbana, autumn equinox bloom

Yesterday was the autumnal quinox, and the higanbana bloomed right on time, just about two days ago. I took this video of the higanbana (hurricane lily or spider lily) last year.
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[19 Sep 2008 | No Comment | ]
Daimonji 2008 video

A look at the Daimonji lightup for 2008 from Kitayama Street, the “hou” in “Myouhou”, along with music by accoustic guitar duo Amashin who were performing a garden party show sponsored by flower shop Saijiki.
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[19 Sep 2008 | No Comment | ]
Flutist Miyuki Urin

Here is a video of one selection from a small concert in Jorenge-ji Temple in Ohara, Kyoto last summer. Urin is scheduled to play tonight near Kyoto Station, but there is a typhoon coming through this evening…

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[16 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]
Video; Gion Matsuri Yamaboko Junko (parade of floats)

Here are some highlights from the Gion Festival Parade of floats, in quicktime format.

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[14 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]
Video: Suikinkutsu at Enko-ji Temple, Kyoto

A short video of a suikinkutsu, an audio feature of some Japanese gardens that adds a soothing soundscape to the visual calm. A Suikinkutsu is a very large, inverted clay pot buried under a tsukubai water laver or other water feature, whereby water filters down through stones and into a hole in the top of the pot.