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#author #japaneseculture #asianamerican
#Georgetown ‘87 #Harvard ‘91
#hawaii girl in #newengland

Happy Halloween!🎃 I sometimes forget that I wro

Home again. It’s not Kyoto for sure. But no matt

Home again. It’s not Kyoto for sure. But no matter where I am, I’m reaching for the same feeling.
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#newengland #newenglandliving #farm #farmlife #catlife #autumnvibes #newenglandautumn #writing #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram

Kyoto Botanical Garden. . . . . #kyoto #kyotobotan

Kyoto Botanical Garden.
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#kyoto #kyotobotanicalgarden #京都　#京都府立植物園

Nishi Honganji. . . . . #nishihonganji #buddhistte

Nishi Honganji.
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#nishihonganji #buddhisttemple #kyoto #kyototemple #京都　#京都お寺　#西本願寺

Goshuin from Tōji.. . . . . #toji #tojitemple #go

Goshuin from Tōji..
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#toji #tojitemple #goshuin #kyoto #kyototemple #京都　#京都お寺　#御朱印　#東寺

Perhaps my favorite temple, Tōji. . . . . #toji #

Perhaps my favorite temple, Tōji.
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#toji #tojitemple #kyoto #kyototemple #東寺　#京都　京都お寺

Lovely dog-friendly cafe with river view @_planet.

Lovely dog-friendly cafe with river view @_planet.kyoto .
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#kyoto #kyotocafe #coffee #dogfriendly #cafeplanet #京都　#京都カフェ

Kyoto Tower. . . . . #kyoto #kyototower #kyotostat

Kyoto Tower.
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#kyoto #kyototower #kyotostation #kyototravel #京都 #京都タワー　#京都駅

Still ordering zarusoba. Old habits don’t change

Still ordering zarusoba. Old habits don’t change.
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#zarusoba #tempura #ざるそば #天ぷらそば

Melon shaved ice. Never expected to find this in O

Melon shaved ice. Never expected to find this in October but it was a bit warm.
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#shavedice #氷

Sengakuji, resting place of the 47 Rōnin. I was s

Sengakuji, resting place of the 47 Rōnin. I was surprised at the number of Japanese visitors offering incense.
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#sengakuji #47ronin #泉岳寺

Fuji in October. No snow yet. . . . . #fuji #fujis

Fuji in October. No snow yet.
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#fuji #fujisan #mtfuji #shinkansen #富士＃富士山　#東海道新幹線

Matcha kintoki at #kyotostation . The only reason

Matcha kintoki at #kyotostation . The only reason to suffer hot weather in Japan.
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#kyoto #kyotostation #shaveice #matcha #抹茶　＃抹茶きんとき　京都　京都駅

So I was going to walk to a nearby temple but rand

So I was going to walk to a nearby temple but randomly saw the bus to Sanjūsangendō at the stop so I changed my plans. Sanjūsangendō has the 1000-armed Kannon that I saw here when I was five! But it turned out the bus was ALSO going to Kiyomizu-dera so it was horribly crowded. So unpleasant.

Ironically almost no one got off at Sanjūsangendō and it was a lovely visit. But no photos allowed of the 1000-armed Kannon or the 1001 golden statues dating back to the Heian era.

Bonus: turns out this was the final resting place of Emperor Go-Shirakawa, an important figure in my current project.
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#sanjusangendo #hojuji #kyoto #kyototemple #三十三間堂　#法住寺　#京都　＃京都お寺　＃御白川　＃御白河法皇

Tōdaiji, entrance to the Great Buddha hall. . . .

Tōdaiji, entrance to the Great Buddha hall.
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#todaiji #nara #buddha #greatbuddha #東大寺　#奈良　#大仏

Beautiful gardens at Tōfukuji. . . . . #tofukuji

Beautiful gardens at Tōfukuji.
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#tofukuji #tofukujitemple #kyoto #kyototemple #kyototemples #東福寺 #京都　＃京都お寺

New England brick building in Kyoto. Dōshisha Uni

New England brick building in Kyoto. Dōshisha University.
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#doshisha #doshishauniversity #amherstcollege #kyoto #kyotojapan #同志社　#今出川

Uji River. We clambered about. I thought about the

Uji River. We clambered about. I thought about the people who were on these shores over a thousand years ago. @gwalkawalka found the way down to the water and up again.
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#uji #ujiriver #genji #taleofgenji #murasaki #宇治　#宇治川　#光源氏　#源氏物語　#紫式部

Matcha mitsumame in Uji, home of matcha. . . . . #

Matcha mitsumame in Uji, home of matcha.
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#matcha #uji #抹茶　#まっちゃ　#みつ豆　#宇治 #宇治抹茶

Byōdōin, Uji. . . . . #byodoin #byodointemple #u

Byōdōin, Uji.
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#byodoin #byodointemple #uji #平等院　#宇治

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