Jessica Wandering

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A little more Nara and the last few days of Kyoto

In Nara, after we fed deer and healed my knee we took a long walk in The Primeval Forest.
Quite lovely, bit like home. The emporer decreed no one could cut trees here in the year 841.
A pretty waterfall
Crazy vines in there
And some ancient Buddhas. We missed the really ancient cave Buddhas somehow but we were tired and didn’t want to backtrack.
The next day we went to Kinkakuji which was impressively gold coated.
It had really lovely gardensg, including a heron friend
Fishes
And so mossy we had to look it up and see that Kyoto gets more rainfall than Seattle!
Then on to Arashiyama bamboo forest.
There’s really very little more soothing than the sound of wind in the leaves and watching the easy sway.
And watching the gentle sway
It snowed a little the next day so we went to the history museum
Impressive building but the more modern one is where you see the daily use pottery tens of thousands of years old!
Snow inspires dancing, as it should. I also love that there is The Thinker…
And we went to the national botanical garden
And spent some time in the conservatory staying warm with the plants.
CHOCOLATE TREE!
Angles
Highly impressive unfurling.
Orchids!
An impressive array of orchids
And bonsai
So many kites wheeling over the river together
One last layered mountain effect in Japan.
Then we had a long train ride to the airport with a conductor in his twenties wearing his white gloves and uniform, doing his checks complete with hand signals, jogging onto and off the platform, checking his booklet. All with a crisp alacrity so missing in work at home. I appreciate individuality and rebellion, but it’s so lovely to watch a guy that age really getting into his job.

Goodbye Japan. Our unplanned add-on adventure. On to Bangkok and throwing away our cheap winter coats we will no longer need!

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    jenniferlblackburn

    CHOCOLATE TREE! I have not seen those! So many pretty flowers too. The diligence of the conductor is awesome. Good bye Japan! Was fun to read about your adventures there.

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