kyoto gardens

thank you. Yes it was…except that we barely paused, as we were in a hurry to ‘do’ all of Kyoto by foot in less than a day in time to catch the train back to our hotel in Osaka!!! My poor husband’s patience was sorely tried by me that day, as I couldn’t help but stop to take a photo every few seconds!!!

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I’d heard about and seen some Australian examples of Japanese gardens, but nothing could have prepared me for the sheet beauty and perfection of the real thing…and on a far larger scale than can be achieved in a smaller more suburban setting.

There’s nothing like the real thing! (and no, that’s not Coke)lol!

The only down side was that it was very grey and humid that day, but the rain later in the day was a welcome relief.xxxx

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Hi Sharon…yes, very serene and just a tiny bit of a contrast to the countryside we’d left only a day or so before!!!!
But I adjusted pretty quickly and simply soaked up the serenity and peace….oh, and was even more snap happy than usual!!! I think I filled up two cards in two days!

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Hi Julie!!!
I’m thrilled that you like it. It’s an old one, which had been sitting hidden away until I tripped over it today when I was searching for another shot (never did find it! lol). The lush vibrant green really struck me, particularly as we’d just left a very dry drought stricken early Spring to arrive in a lush Autumn Japan, still warm and very wet!
Thank you for the compliment, support and encouragement which I always treasure from you.xxxx

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Many thanks. I’m so pleased you like it, and thank you for pointing out the reflection of the sky. I knew I was catchin a_ relflection when I took it, but hadn’t somehow noticed the one you mention…so I don’t know about ‘clever’! _Some intent, but largely accidental I think.

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Aren’t they incredible?? I simply had to pause and take a photo…and I’m so glad I did. I mean, its not somewhere you can go every day or anything, so I had to grab the opportunity when I had it. xxxx

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Hi Deanna. Yep, it certainly was/is magical…almost as though I was in Disneyland, in one of the ‘lands’ in the magic kingdom or something. It was quite surreal but so incredible. If you ever get a chance I’d suggest you take the opportunity to ‘jump into the scene’! xxxx

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Hi Graham,
Thank you for your wonderful comment, and your flattery!!! But seriouslyl, I’m very pleased to hear there is a garden group. I have long felt there was a need for such a group but had not found one.
I’ll head in there now and join. I have some but not heaps of photos like this, as we were only in Japan for four days…but we’re going to the UK and Norway in a couple of weeks, so I’ll keep this group in mind when I’m taking photos..xx

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Thank you so much…they were simply stunning gardens. No matter which way you looked there were perfectly balanced and composed scenes and vignettes. So easy to photograph. Indeed an absolute joy..xxxx

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oh thank you so much for the feautre Julie….I am totally amazed and very humbled! This shot was taken back in 06 with my first digital camera when I was still a beginner in the digital format.
More to the point, this is a true credit to the quality of my Konica Minolta, a wonderful camera whose demise I still regard somewhat wistfully…so it is rather nice to have it’s memory honoured in this way!!
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p.s. How’s your hand going?

Thank you so much liza. Having just returned from 4 days away, this was a wonderful surprise and very flattering. I’m so glad you like it, and Japanese gardens..xxxx

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ooh! Thank you Marie..is it too late to enter now? I’ll have to check it out as I’ve been offline and away…xxxx

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Many thanks Sheila. It’s so lovely of you to congratulate me on simply qualifying to enter a challenge!..xxxx

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