robert j. mang cycling/travel

 In Kyoto, for the last 9 days in Japan…

 Some very stern looking marchers

 This group looked a bit more cheery

 Uji is a center for tea growing. We took a short train ride there to buy some tea. 

 We met up with a large group of elderly women… Alison was at least a foot taller then most of them, but every time I tried to take a photo they stopped out of my field of view – trying to be polite – not knowing they were the subject!

 Nighttime at Shorin-in Temple

 Sometimes the attention to detail is quite something

The garden pond at Ryon-ji Temple

 Burning trash near the temple… seems like very un-Zen sort of thing to do

The Arashiyamma bamboo forest 

The only thing worse than taking a photo with an iPad, is taking a movie with an iPad.  And even worse, is taking a selfie with an iPad.  

I’m wondering: if someone is taking a selfie, and is also being photographed doing so, and I’m photographing both of them, will I fall into some sort of fourth-dimensional photographic parallel universe? B/T/W, every time she took a selfie, he took a photo of her, and while I watched, those were the only shots he took. 

The selfie-thing is completely out of control – to the point of this bizarre, obsessive-compulsive trend. These telescoping selfie arms are far too common. I wonder: are they being used in the US?

 We went up to Mount Hiei: first we cycled to the train station, then we took a short train ride, then this inclined tram (the steepest I’ve ever seen), and lastly a cable car. Mt Hiei is famous for the Marathon Monks that live up here. These are some very dedicated monks.

 Nijo Castle 

~ by Robert on November 3, 2014.

Posted in Cycling Japan, Japan, Travels
Tags: Japan, travel