kishiwada danjiri matsuri

on the weekend, we went to kishiwada to see the kishiwada danjiri matsuri, a harvest festival devoted to shinto gods. people pull wooden carts through the streets, each holding a portable shrine or danjiri.

anti-nuclear protest

ikoma-san hike

view from mt. ikoma (osaka skyline in the background)

 shinto shrine

 

 buddhist temple

still at the temple

  enjoying a refreshing and purifying waterfall shower at the temple

japanese birthday

shopping arcade next to the house

 namba at night

 miss komura on her new bike

 bikes in front of the subway station

 park in which my office is located

 morning walk in the park

 the park hosted a floral & greenery expo in 1990. note woman with umbrella

 my office

 view from my office

 birthday dinner with roommates

 yumi, my landlady

 lil m from taiwan

 birthday cake

shinsaibashi