芸術は爆発だ

I'm not one to take many photos, but I just uploaded majority of the photos of my little Kyoto temples and shrines  on face book.

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Okay basic rundown of what happened. Semi TL;DR but hey it took all day!

We started off in the Shijo area, where we walk basically around going through Gion and the other numbered districts. Visited many temples and shrines and bought a few omamori (protective charms). I suppose I got one for success in love out of pure lulz since I'm really not heavily invested in that area. Reborn fans will get a kick out of this, a few of the Buddhist temples mentioned Rokudo in their teachings. Now I'm ready to bring them pineapples for offerings. Had lunch in Nijo in some fancy sushi place that had a beautiful garden outside. Even saw a maiko (apprentice geisha) entertaining some guests with a shamisen player. It was pretty amazing.

We took the subway afterward, to where Tenmaguu was located. Visited the Seimei Shrine, the "sports" shrine as I call it, among other things. The ume(plum) blossoms were so beautiful. No wonder a good portion of my photos were those flowers. Sakura should be blooming pretty soon as it gets warmer. Looking forward to that!

Next post, I suppose I'll post up those doujin samples I promised along with a few of the omamori I bought.