As I mentioned in the last PBLOG, I made plans to go back the following week at an earlier time. This time, just to make it more interesting I used film instead of digital and a monopod rather than a tripod. Here are couple of the shots from that day. Other than photography, it was also a good chance for me to get out on my own and practice Japanese in the “real world”.
This time I caught the bus to near Kiyomizu-dera (Kiyomizu Temple) decided I'd miss the light at some of my other chosen spots if I went in there, so I walk down from outside Kiyomizu-dera to Yasaka shrine. By the time I got to Yasaka shrine I had finished one roll of film and it was already too dark for film and a monopod so I didn't load up a second roll. Rather I sat down for a beer and ate some vendor food that was sold in the shrine grounds. While I was there I chatted with a guy from England and his French girlfriend. It was cool because the English guy spoke English and French, the French Lady spoke French and Japanese and I spoke English and Japanese. It was very interesting to hear how different people viewed Japan. And that couple weren't the only people I spoke to that evening by any means, but it certainly was my most memorable conversation of the evening.