Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024
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@ARNC said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:
@Chap bonsai 6 is stunning! Thanks for sharing your trip with us.
Thanks, yes they were amazing some of them hundreds of years of age
God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson
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@Daniel-San said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:
@Chap
wonderful pictures Jens !!
really enjoying your journey
and happy new year in
Thank you! あけましておめでとう。(Happy new year)
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After morning prayer at Daitoku-ji temple in our neighborhood
We are standing on a so called Nightingale Floor surrounding the temple. These flours make a squeaking sound (chirping noises) when you walk on them. Legend has it that the squeaking floors were used as a security device warning of intruders.
God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson
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At Orinasu-kan one of the oldest (and most famous) weavers of Kimono cloth in Nishijin, Kyotos weaving district.
Matcha tea in our Machyia
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@Chap said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:
After morning prayer at Daitoku-ji temple in our neighborhood
This looks familiar - is it the zen temple within the larger complex? If so, Kira and I did a private meditation / sutra chanting here early one morning earlier this year with the temple master. Was a very cool experience
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@Alex said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:
@Chap said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:
After morning prayer at Daitoku-ji temple in our neighborhood
This looks familiar - is it the zen temple within the larger complex? If so, Kira and I did a private meditation / sutra chanting here early one morning earlier this year with the temple master. Was a very cool experience
@Alex Yes it's a in a sub-temple of the complex of Daitoku-ji. I am pretty sure it is the same.
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@Alex said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:
@Chap said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:
...and Tonkatsu for dinner
This also looks familiar...
@Alex
it's the one in Nishiki market, I think I got the recommendation from you when we were in Kyoto in March -
On the bikes again for breakfast and more temples
God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson
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@Chap Those are beautiful photos of such serene places.
A personal goal I have is to slow the F down and enjoy the current moment more. I'm typically mentally moving on to the next thing before I fully enjoy what's right in front of me. I feel like those temples should be enjoyed slowly, quietly, and thoroughly and would be just the test I need to help me over the hump.
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@jordanscollected said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:
A personal goal I have is to slow the F down and enjoy the current moment more.
You're not alone with this one...
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@jordanscollected said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:
@Chap Those are beautiful photos of such serene places.
A personal goal I have is to slow the F down and enjoy the current moment more. I'm typically mentally moving on to the next thing before I fully enjoy what's right in front of me. I feel like those temples should be enjoyed slowly, quietly, and thoroughly and would be just the test I need to help me over the hump.
Oh yes, absolutely that was (part of) my goal with the Japan trip. We usually skipped the crowded areas and temples went to the lesser known and sometimes just sat down for a while and enjoyed the scenery in silence...
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