坂本龍馬ゆかりの街を十石舟が桜のトンネルをくぐりながら川面を滑るように行き交う。
舟からの景色はどうだろうねと犬と話しながらお花見中。

長岡天満宮で撮影を
楽しむ私自撮り

京都御室仁和寺で
自撮しました。
御室仁和寺の桜は
背が低くて顔の前に
枝がある花もあります。

京都御室仁和寺の
遅咲き枝垂れ桜です。

嵐峡の山桜。
春。新年度スタートです。

京都の春、カメラを覗くと普段は気づかない世界が見える

京都の春、カメラを覗くと普段は気づかない世界が見える

What a beautiful view. In Tokyo too! This kind of reminds me of a sight you'd see in Kyoto, with the cherry blossoms along the river there and the yakatabune (this river is obviously too shallow, I know). I also get vibes of summer with the kawadoko over the rivers. None in this photo obviously, but still. I'm not sure why, but I really like these types of waterways where the water is really shallow and it'd be just enough to keep you cool on a hot summer day. Really makes me want to visit Kyoto to eat over one of those kawadoko or to just go for a picnic near a river even. It's starting to get warmer each day and I find myself only wearing a sweatshirt in the early morning or in the latest hours of night. Before long I'll be turning the AC on!

京都の春
出町柳は春の賑わい

京都の春
鴨川は満開

月照の祇園枝垂桜
＠京都･円山公園

桜越しの大鳥居と京都国立近代美術館。

醍醐寺の桜です。

初節句の前撮りも含めて訪れた京都市平野神社。
少しおめかしして、春を楽しめたかな

北野天満宮の?イルミネーション

冬の渓谷
暮れ奥座敷の嵐山
地には早くも天の川

Photo taken in Arashiyama, 31/12/2018
Caption by Takaoka san

艶のある日

京都にて

This photo captures the essence of Kyoto so well in my opinion. Cherry blossoms and a yakatabune. It's so simple and yet so elegant at the same time. I like how the boat is just slightly obscured by the cherry blossoms and you can feel how the wood on the roof of the boat has aged just by looking at it. Kyoto has so many beautiful sights to see and experiences to try. I'm looking forward to one of these boat rides the next time I go, and I'm also planning on visiting a kawadoko because I've eaten by a river before so I know how refreshing it is, but I've never eaten OVER a river before (inside a boat maybe but this is different) so I'm looking forward to a new experience. Going to have to visit all the temples and shrines I didn't have the chance to visit before as well.

Just beautiful. There's so much happening in this photo when you really look at it. The paper lantern is really the cherry on the cake for me in this one. I read an article a little while ago about the funaya in Ine and thought it was really interesting. It's awesome getting to see fireworks happening there as well, it's like I've discovered a new side of the area that I didn't know about before. I really enjoy fireworks over water too, and there's plenty of great fireworks festivals in Japan that do just that. I was already looking forward to being able to see the boathouses in Ine one day but now I'm looking forward to it even more. Going to line it up with the Ine Fireworks Festival if I can. The reflection of the fireworks on the water looks really awesome as well.

As always Japan has amazing desserts. Went and dug up some old posts and found a lot of awesome photos. This one just kind of stuck out the most. I've personally never tried mochi and ice cream together but now that I think about it it actually sounds like it could be a pretty good combination. I'm curious as to what the sauce is as well. I've had different types of dango with different types of sauce before but this seems like a totally different experience. I'm considering getting some the next time I go shopping so I can try this. I'm trying to imagine a type of ice cream filled dango or dango filled ice cream but idk how well it would work if the dango are warm ?. Either way it sounds really good and I don't think I've ever had a bad dessert in Japan so I'd love to try this out if I can manage a trip to Kyoto. When I went to Kyoto in the past I was only in Kawaramachi for a really short amount of time so I'd really like to explore it more next time!

Man this is so cool! Leave it to Kyoto to have not only tons of amazing temples and shrines, but also some historic boat houses! Looking at this just gets me raring to go fishing lol. It's been so long since I've been. It'd probably be a good idea to get my own tackle and go for a fishing trip. I could even try making my own sushi although idk how great it would taste ?The second picture in the article makes it look like paradise too. I'd love to visit the hot spring as well. I have a public bath near my place but I haven't been able to get out to an actual hot spring lately. Ine looks like a great place though, really rustic and detached from the every day hustle and bustle of the city. Just one more thing to add to my bucket list when I visit Kyoto again!

京都市スプリングバレーブルワリー。
クラフトビール飲み比べ。
それぞれのビールに合うおつまみ付きセット。
町家改造のお店。
古い建具やお庭がいい感じ。

蕎麦

雑煮 石清水八幡宮にて

何かを感じる呼吸があります

勝林寺の手水鉢
花で溢れています

嵐山 祐斎亭にて。
抹茶とお茶菓子をいただきながら、のんびりと紅葉を楽しめました。

京都の嵐山にある、宝厳院のライトアップ。