took a longish weekend to visit family and procure a very important item. first stop, lunch at a tempura joint before visiting the family graves:
picked up a few exy postcards from teramachi (they were real wood block prints):
cake and coffee at auntie's favorite spot:
last dinner at my uncle's (full on gourmet style! super yum!):
went up to mt. hiezan to escape the heat only to catch the rain:
went to the garden museum which has famous works of art replicated on giant tile slabs and set up throughout a meticulously kept garden. very cool stuff!
a moth seeks shelter from the rain:
it was really pouring:
we had to take refuge in the souvenir shop to wait out the rain:
once it let up and i could see the garden, it was quite remarkable:
i love this picture. my favorite from the bunch:
little critters get some sexy time:
went around the bend to see Enryakuji, a cluster of temples on the other side:
it was beautiful but the weather was coming in again:
and then it started shit storming. we decided to sit it out for a while and rest our legs:
then it was off to the station to catch the shinkansen back to tokyo. Thanks for a great visit!
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