https://www.wacoca.com/tour/901318/ 【岐阜県海津市】おちょぼさん参道グルメ（2026.02.14）　千代保稲荷神社　#グルメ #旅行 #観光 #食べ歩き #gifu #japan #shrine #おちょぼさん #千代保稲荷神社 #岐阜 #岐阜ツアー #岐阜県 #岐阜県ツアー #岐阜県観光 #岐阜観光 #海津市 #食べ歩き

京都の神社の猫
#japan #kyoto #cat #tokyocameraclub #cats #animals #shrine

京都の神社の黒猫
#japan #kyoto #cat #tokyocameraclub #cats #animals #shrine #blackcat

🤔 In a breathtaking display of #human #ingenuity, behold a #museum dedicated to... #plugs and sockets! 🔌 Because, of course, the world was clamoring for a #digital #shrine to #electrifyingly #mundane objects. 🎉 Welcome to the electrifyingly dull rabbit hole that nobody asked for!
https://plugsocketmuseum.nl/index.html #sockets #HackerNews #ngated

雨降る京都の神社の梅の花
#japan #kyoto #flowers #tokyocameraclub #flower #shrine #rain #spring

I gave a whirlwind tour of little-known gems of Kyōto Prefecture to an Indian woman who teaches at a university up in Kanazawa. She was glad to update my outdated knowledge of India, although her context was urban and upper middle class. These photos are of southeastern Kyōto Prefecture, where we saw the unusual early-blossoming Kawazu-zakura (河津桜) in Yodo (淀) and the revered Shintō shrine Iwashimizu Hachimangū (石清水八幡宮) that covers a whole big hill.

The first batch of photos featured plum blossoms and a blue heron at the strolling garden of the shrine Umenomiya Taisha in the Arashiyama area of Kyōto, permalink: https://hcommons.social/@SteveMcCarty/116108903386406680

By the way, the banner on my profile page https://hcommons.social/@SteveMcCarty shows the most beautiful scene of plum blossoms to my knowledge, in late February at the Jōnangū former palace grounds in southern Kyōto City.

#Japan #Kyoto #India #Shinto #shrine #cherry #sakura #blossoms #nature #culture #architecture #sightseeing #travel #photography #photos

京都の神社の庭園に咲く梅の花と舞妓さん
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京都の神社の黒猫
#japan #kyoto #cat #tokyocameraclub #cats #animals #shrine #blackcat #sky

I hope this person didn't destroy some #cat #statue in a #shrine or something...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_04VuqmDts&t=646s

#cats #Caturday

https://www.wacoca.com/tour/895394/ 鳥羽水族館・伊勢シーパラダイス 人気の水族館めぐりの旅へ！ #aquarium #ise #IseShrine #shrine #travel #ハーフタイムツアーズ #三重 #三重ツアー #三重県 #三重県ツアー #三重県観光 #三重観光 #伊勢市 #旅番組 #旅行

I gave a whirlwind tour of little-known gems of Kyōto Prefecture to an Indian woman who teaches at a university up in Kanazawa. The Shintō shrine Umenomiya Taisha (梅宮大社) is named after plums, ume, and you can see three varieties of different colors that blossom from mid-February in these four photos. I've noticed blue herons nesting in the big trees of the shrine, and caught one in the act of building its nest (3rd photo). They are gray, but their name in Japanese (青鷺) uses the character for blue. They are very common around fresh water in Western Japan and elsewhere, often standing still and looking pensive, letting you get as close as two meters before they fly away. In contrast, it's amusing that when nesting they are constantly squawking.

Publications and projects as a Professor in Japan: https://japanned.hcommons.org

#Japan #Kyoto #Shinto #shrine #plum #blossoms #nature #culture #heron #architecture #sightseeing #travel #photography #photos #travelphotography

A Shrine in Snow❄️
Passed through the grounds on a freezing day and found the sanctuary completely transformed. There is a beautiful stillness in the heavy snow and the icicles hanging from the eaves.

📍Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City

#snow #japan #shrine #kyoto #winter #kyoto

Mikage Shrine covered with a thin layer of snow
📍Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City

Located in a quiet, sacred grove, Mikage Shrine is a sub-shrine of Kamigamo Shrine and looks breathtaking under a soft veil of snow. Said to be the place where the Kamo deities first descended, the winter silence makes it feel even more powerful. A true “power spot” wrapped in white.

#photography #kyoto #japan #shrine #snow #landscape #winter