No bla bla today. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves. I’ll just say that Kyoto is a very very special place indeed and its people a delight to be around:
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Such spectacular colours! I’m so glad I could at least see Kyoto through the magic of your lens. A healthy dose of manga and anime while growing up, and fairly recently, stories such as Memoirs of a Geisha and Kafka on the Shore have kept me insanely curious about Japan, Kyoto in particular.
I hope to make a trip someday, hopefully soon! How convenient is getting around for a solo traveller?
Kyoto is the one place to see. Truly special! Travelling in Japan is really easy and everyone is so helpful and polite. No crime whatsoever…
I’ve been to Kyoto 3 times and my pictures are awful in comparison with yours. LOL. . .I need to take a photography class. Were you able to go to Ishiyama-dera? It’s outside the city but is a huge temple complex that most tourists don’t go to—very peaceful retreat!
Beautiful colours.
Your photos from Japan are amazing, the colours are so vibrant! I’m so jealous I’d love to go, I’ll have to start saving for my trip!
You should! It’s surprisingly cheap though… In Euros at least… You should definitely go!! Late November was absolutely perfect…
Ooo thank you for the tip! That gives me a few months to save at least 🙂
Beautiful post, I need to go to Japan now 😉
You really should Lexy 😉
Hello Stéphane, So, I see you have visited my second home country, Japan. Was this your first time? I was visiting a short time before you, in Sept and Oct. This time, for the first time, cruised all around the country for a month, stopping at one of the most scenic and historically rich prefectures, before we stopped for 10 days in Tokyo. Kyoto is one of those cities where one can spend an entire life time and still have things to discover and be enchanted by. What you have captured in your photography is very soul touching. There is so much to explore in Japan, I hope you will visit again and share it with the world through your lens and kind narrative. ~Fae.
Japan certainly is a very special place. I hope to go back soon ! Thanks for the lovely comment!!
Thank you for this. Exquisite. I think it was Pablo Neruda in his Memoirs who reflected that Japanese hands just do not know ugliness. I can’t now, for the life of me, find the quote. But what does it matter? You prove that it’s true…
Japanese people are very special indeed. Thanks for your comment!
Some day I hope to travel to Japan. Beautiful post.
You really should. You won’t be disappointed I promise!
Beautiful photos! We visited Kyoto 35 years ago and have many fond memories of the city and its people.
I’d say it’s time you went back 😉 Great country indeed. It’s the people who make it special I think…
Merci pour ce merveilleux voyage !!
Avec plaisir mon cher Mathias. Tien au fait, si tu aimes les voitures, je viens de créer mon site de photo auto: http://www.autoportraits.org Vas y jeter un coup d’oeil
Superbe ! Je garde le lien précieusement !
Such gorgeous colours and beautiful photos. And you saw Geisha! Wonderful. 🙂
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Beautiful photos! Hello. I’m back.
gorgeous photos. i seem to always say the same thing, but you are a truly talented photographer my friend!
Thank you my dear friend. Gabriella an I are skypping this evening. Can’t wait to finally meet her!
she’ll make you laugh!
Can’t wait!
Stunning Work my friend.
Amazing photos! of an amazing place! congratulation!s 🙂
Sugoi!! Subarashii!!
Wonderful photographs, breath-taking colours and compositions.
The climate of the west of Scotland must be similar to Japan as many Japanese trees, shrubs and mosses grow there, though the colours tend to be less fiery, or perhaps the leaves are blown from trees by gales before they reach that stage.
Spectacular, amazing, gorgeous pictures. That place looks so good. 🙂
What a magical place…gorgeous, gorgeous photos! Thank you so much for sharing your travels.
Gorgeous post! 😀
Just beautiful! I want to go back now!
Absolutely stunning collection of Kyoto. I so want to go there!
Your photos are such a joy. Seriously because of your photos on Japan and your blog posts-I’ve put it on my list to visit. Thanks 🙂
This is so stunning. It’s actually moving to look at these pictures. There is something about your photography that captures the spirit of people and the beauty of a place that I really haven’t felt before. I love what you did with the colors. That picture of the bird…how did you even get at that vantage point? It’s almost magical. There really is something about the human spirit that you capture in a way I have not seen before. Thank you for sharing.
I’m really enjoying the trip. Such wonderful colors.
janet
Beautiful as always. 🙂
I am supposed to be outside doing farm chores. I could look at your photographs all day! I am particularly enthralled with the rock faces. What were those?
Gorgeous collection of photos!
Terrific set of photos Stéphane, as always your people pictures are my favourites – Splendid! 🙂
no bla bla in the post, no bla bla in the comment, just: wow!
I am absolutely speechless. These are the most beautiful photos of Kyoto I have ever seen, each more lovely than the next. Un grand Merci, Stéphane…
I am absolutely speechless. These are the most beautiful photos of Kyoto I have ever seen, each more lovely than the next. Un grand Merci, Stéphane…
WOW… Stephane, you are such an inspiration with the detail that you capture – shouldn’t you be making your fortune with photos like these?! Rosie
Thank you for sharing
Stephane i’m breathless. There is no superlative to describe your wonderous photographic journey. Thanks you for the pleasure…
Oh my goodness, Stephane! These photos are spectacular. I keep going back through them and delighting in the clarity, light and composition of each one. Your love of Kyoto shows through.
Such beautiful pictures! Thank you for sharing!
Oh my. Oh. My! I was there in…let me think…1966? 1967? A long time ago. I spent three months in the summer and fell in love. I’d love to return. Your photographs are exquisite! Thank you so much for your posts about your trip (about everything). After my trips to Japan I have always said if I had to leave the U.S. and live somewhere else the rest of my life I could live in Japan without a second thought. I will return again and again to your images, and dream. Thank you!
What amazing photos! Looks like it was an unbelievable year!
Beautiful shots!! Thanks for sharing.
The pictures speak for themselves. Your stunning photography does Kyoto justice. Lx
Beautiful–as always!
Those pictures are magical! I can’t wait to finally visit Japan myself. I am looking forward the most to Kyoto and Osaka. Thanks for the mini trip 🙂
Gorgeous time of year to be there! The maple trees look beautiful. Your images are lovely. I love the selective focusing, the peek of the woman behind the curtain cooking, the women in their Kimono’s, the street scenes,and the gardens!
Wow, those photos are GORGEOUS! My dream of going to Japan someday is alive and well thanks to you!
Fabulous photos. They brighten up my day. So glad you’re sharing them.
Breathtaking gallery! Seeing these photos makes me think that visiting Japan feels like visiting a whole different planet! Beautiful!
Glorious! Just glorious! I am counting the days until June. THANK YOU.
Amazing set of beautiful photos! Bravo 🙂 I visited Kyoto before couple of years…very special place – unforgettable. Bye. Kamila
There is no need for bla bla when you have such lovely photos to look at!