It smokes, it lights up! Too bad the weather was not cooperative that day.

I’m not liking the lights they put on the eyes, though. It ruined a lot of photos.

It’s interesting how, at events like these, everyone has their mobile phones taking photos and videos. I wonder how many terabytes are taken every day.

While the 18m Gundam looks awesome, the 4000 ton, 120 meter daibutsu (big buddha) at Ushiku can destroy it with just a flick of a finger.

Good thing the buddha is peace-loving.

Does anyone know if the japanese have a particular term/word for these people?

I’m now trying out if the photoblog-style theme the lightbox and photrade will work together. This is a photo of Kinkakuji ( Golden Pavilion ) that was  mentioned in a previous post.

Rokuon-ji (deer garden temple) or more popularly known as Kinkaku-ji ( golden pavilion temple) is a popular tourist destination in Kyoto. The top two stories of the building are covered with pure gold leaf. On the roof is a chinese phoenix. Originally built in 1397, it was burned down several times, the most recent one being in 1950.

Around the temple is a really beautiful Japanese garden. The pond in front of it is aptly called Kyoko-michi (Mirror pond).

I’d love to take a photo of this spot in winter.

A quick post. Got this blog set up earlier this morning. Selected a photoblog-oriented theme. This is a test post for images. The image is from a recent trip to Kyoto. This one was taken in the gardens near Ginkakuji (“Silver Temple”)

The temple was under renovation, so I just took pictures of mostly the autumn scenes. The garden in Ginkakuji is much better than the one in Kinjakuji (“Golden Temple”).