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Japanese larch/Larix kaempferi, Shokoku-ji temple garden
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Stones and moss, Shokoku-ji temple garden
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Bruce, Shokoku-ji temple garden
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Outer wall, northeast corner, Kyoto Imperial Palace
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Sadly out of focus photo of what I think is Argyronome ruslana, in Imperial Palace park
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The leaves were just beginning to turn.
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Plein air
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Plein air II
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Found this lovely shrine while looking for the Shisen-do garden adjacent
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Fat, happy, healthy, cushiony moss
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Shisen-do upper garden: clipped azaleas, maples on Higashiyama hillside beyond
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Shisen-do garden in bright afternoon sun
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The remarkable Ishikawa Jozan (1583-1672) built his Shisen-do hermitage and named it for the 36 Chinese poets pictured on its walls
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Shisen-do
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My young friend Toki, whom I met in Shisen-do garden
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Workmen at the building next door, Teramachi-dori, NE Kyoto
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They made a great picture
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Warrior stance, hands on imaginary sword hilts
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Mitsuoka "Himiko"
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Mitsuoka "Himiko" badge
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