Wednesday, December 2, 2009

yes, we have no bananas (for monkeys) and other colorful moments in Japan

no, i am not back in Japan but here are a few more looks back to my most recent trip. as for today, back to the gym. it felt good to workout, and good to sweat. and for a treat, Steve took me to In-n-Out for lunch. it is hard to believe that i have been to Japan four times since the last time we met and that was on the tennis courts back in March . . . before cherry blossoms, before the Takatsuki Jazz Festival, before the fireworks festivals and before the autumn leaves.


10,000 yen fine for feeding the wild monkeys along the Minoo takimichi (trail to the waterfall) . . . "let"s keep the wild monkey wild." (about 85 yen to the dollar)

momiji and icho. maple (red) and gingko (yellow).
もみじ and いちょう

Nakayama-dera lanterns

Nakayama-dere colorful o-jizo-san

one drop from a shishidoshi

one red maple leaf (as seen in the video below)

way down stream from the Minoo waterfall