Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to readers of Chiangmaimary.

I hope you like this gorgeous Christmas tree in Tokyo Midtown as much as I did.

Thank you for looking at the blog again this year.
I hope to see some of you while I am home over New Year.
The blog will be back from Tokyo in 2020.

Christmas Gingko

Loved the Christmas lights in the Gingko trees at Tokyo Midtown.

Sunday Kimono 12 - At the market

The Boroichi Market last Sunday was wonderful - so many great things to taste, to try and of course to buy - including kimonos.  Loved this lady in her winter kimono checking out the vintage/second hand kimonos.

More orange - or is it Vermillion?

Love the colour connection between the bridge and the maples at Shuzenji.

Lone Gingko Leaf

The Gingko season is coming to an end, but they are still beautiful, even when fallen.  

Stone lantern at Jissoin Shrine in my neighbourhood.

Orange haze

Vermillion torii gates on a winters night at Hie Shrine in Tokyo.

Shoes

As a break from maples and autumn colours - some photos of the amazingly ugly and undoubtedly uncomfortable shoes on display in Harajuku - the teenage fashion hive of Tokyo.

Shuzenji - Autumn colours

Last weekend I visited Shuzenji on the Izu peninsula - the colors were sublime!

Sunday Kimono 11 - Sales lady

The cheerful and friendly sales manager at a small vintage kimono shop in Kawasaki where I bought one kimono and coveted many others.

Maples and Green

Maple branches over the Oi River at Arayshima in Kyoto.

Maple Watchers

Multicoloured Maples

A mosaic of maples.

Orange maple

Today- another colour - a brilliant orange maple at Tofuku-ji Temple in Kyoto.

Golden Maple

Maples come in many colours including this brilliant yellow - Kyoto.

Sunday Kimono 10 - Ginkgo

Snapped a photo of these two stylish women (and their friends)  in the best Kimono posing for photos and strolling on Jingu Gaien Ginkgo Avenue in Tokyo. Kimono and fur!! How do they walk in those sandals???

Crimson Maples

The brilliance of crimson maple at Tofuku-ji Temple in Kyoto.

Maple Leaves

One small twig and so many colours.

A Multicolored Carpet

The interwoven leaves and trunks of the illuminated maples at Hogon-in Temple looked like a multi coloured carpet or maybe a ceiling.  Loving autumn in Japan - especially at night time.

A maple and a bird

While in Shinjuku park on Sunday I spent some time watching this bird slowly thorough a reflection filled pond.

Strolling through Shinjuku Goyen

Andrew and Siena arrived in Tokyo on Saturday night.  We spent Sunday exploring Shinjuku Park, walking around the new Olympic Stadium and searching for Gingkos.

Sunday Kimono 9

Todoroki Gorge was my target for a Saturday exploration.  At the temple in the gorge I watched this couple pose for photos, with minders showing them where to stand and how to throw hand fulls or leaves.  Her kimono was brilliant.