Higashiyama ward
Stories in Higashiyama_ward
literature, Hotels, ghosts
Brando's room
by Craig ModHigashiyama ward — “Most Japanese girls giggle,” begins Capote’s 1957 profile on Marlon Brando for The New Yorker. I first came across this piece a few years ago during my Capote phase in which I was hunting down and d...
Epic Trip 2013
そうだ。京都へ行こう。Hello, Kyoto.
by Mona NomuraHigashiyama ward — No. They are not geisha-sans. They are not maiko-sans (geisha-sans in training), either. They are employees of that restaurant. I’m guessing it’s likely a ryoutei (料亭) — a super duper expensive Japa...
Fall
Temple of the Pig?
by Michael SilvaHigashiyama ward — As the last light set on Kiyomuzudera, the crows came home to roost high above the crush of people who had come to take their photograph in front of the famous temple. Both the fall colors and the cro...
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literature, Hotels, ghosts
Brando's room
in Higashiyama Ward, Japan -
Kyoto
Old rail tracks surrounded with cherries
in Higashiyama Ward, Japan -
Epic Trip 2013
Protecting Yasaka Shrine. 八坂神社でございます。
in Higashiyama Ward, Japan -
Epic Trip 2013
そうだ。京都へ行こう。Hello, Kyoto.
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Caught the last of foliage in Kyoto. Visiting a temple at night feels strange, for I usually get to be the early bird that catches a worm called tranquility.
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Fall
Temple of the Pig?
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Kumano Kodo
Bicycle lights bobbing by the riverside
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Japanese architecture
清水の舞台
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This is where the elephants meet.
in Higashiyama Ward, Japan
