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.

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.

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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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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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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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…

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

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.