2015, Japan, Kyoto, Arashiyama.
The beautiful bamboo grove in Arashiyama.
Took me almost 3 hours of waiting for this place to clear up from random tourists going up and down the path.
Fortunately the reward was also a shot of this young couple passing by.
I really like this shot, as the couple in the frame adds an extra element into the romantic feel this place has.
The red ‘tori’ gates of Fushimi Inari Temple just outside of Kyoto,Japan….1000’s of tori’s line the pathway up the mountain creating the idea of a tunnel.
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ヘリクリサム・カシアナム /Helichrysum cassianum cv. ‘Rose Beauty キク科ヘリクリサム属
京都府立植物園/Photo was taken in The Kyoto Botanical Garden
flower / people / portrait / face / japanese / beauty : maiko, kyoto japan / canon 7d 日本・京都 舞妓 梅らくさん
The maiko (apprentice geisha) Umeraku. Together with other maiko and geiko (geisha) of the Kamishichiken district, she was hosting an open air tea ceremony at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
As Umeraku is a first year maiko, only her lower lip is painted red.
The colourful flower hairpins that decorate the hair of maiko (apprentice geisha) are known as hana kanzashi. These flower ornaments change monthly to express the season. Umeraku wears a kanzashi of plum blossom flowers for February.
Kyoto was the capital of Japan from 794 until 1868. It is now the seventh largest city in Japan. In Kyoto geisha are known as geiko and trainee geisha are known as maiko.
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Kyoto Shrine late at night. High Iso
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