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Leaving ahead of the rain
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Cloudbreak
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Eventually the clouds rolled in
to stay, and we decided to move
on before any rain started up.
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Gap
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Penny at Nijojo
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A wide path through one of the
interior walls - I expect that
historically these were fitted
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Three trees
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Nijojo Panorama
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I fell in love with Japanese
Maples this trip.
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Taken at an interior courtyard
within the Castle grounds.
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More dramatic skies
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Path - Nijojo Castle
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Lawn by Tea House - Nijojo Castle
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Tea House - Nijojo Castle
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Unfortunately closed for
renovations (as was much of
Kyoto, it seemed).
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Interior Gate - Nijojo Castle
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Sunlit Maple
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Managed to catch the Japanese
Maple on the corner of this
interior wall in a small patch
of ...
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Pond - Nijojo Castle
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Cloudy Garden Pond at Nijojo
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Taken moments later, but with
dramatically different lighting.
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Sunlit Garden Pond at Nijojo
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Nijojo Chrysanthemum
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Lots of clouds rolling through,
so the light was kind of
unpredictable.
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Originally, all the buildings at
Nijojo bore the Tokugawa family
crest.
Once the last ...
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New Pack
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Yuki
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By the end of our visit, Bazino
and Yuki were starting to warm
up to each other a bit.
This
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Say hello to our new dog -
she'll be coming to live with us
at the end of the year!
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