Tuesday Temple - Lamp

The orange torii gates in Kyoto are in the grounds of Fushimi Inari shrine which is the most important of several thousands of shrines dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice. Aside from the amazing torii gates the temple buildings were also beautiful, interesting and ornate and orange.  The lamps at one of the temples were beautiful.

From Bridge to Bridge

A panorama photo of the Tama River looking towards Kawasaki.  Busy on a Saturday afternoon - trains, traffic, cyclists and runners and on baseball players on the far bank.

Shrines on a Saturday in Spring

Saturday afternoon I cycled along a small waterway leading to the Tama River.  I stopped whenever there was something interesting to look at. These three different shrines were all unexpected finds, pleasant and calm places to stop and explore for a moment.

Dogwoods

After the Sakura the dogwoods bloomed.  More lovely flowering trees along the canal near school.

Kids on the Move

One way to move a group of toddlers around.

Back to School

After 10 days off for "Golden Week" Japan went back to work and to school on Tuesday.  Kids on bikes and elementry students in their yellow hats walking to school.

We had two days off over the time, but in Japan the government has arranged a series of public holidays in order to make people have a holiday - yet they complain about not knowing what to do!

Am I in Australia?

Billboards in Tokyo for products/services not at all related to Australia.