Saturday 30 November 2013

November in Japan

Lila sets off for a 20km bike ride with two friends

A grey day in Tokyo

Backstreet, Tokyo

About to board the bullet train back to Kyoto

Ossian casually riding a tiger

The bamboo forest

A tiny man

At the summit of Kachenjunga

Stories about Diamond Catchers and Tree People

There's some crazy wildlife in Japan!

Adharanand finishing his first ekiden

Knitting at Max's house in the country

The area is called Miyama, which means Beautiful Mountain

Ossian and Sen play trains in the morning sunlight

Uma looks out

Beautiful Mountain

Morning light

Telegraph poles

Lila

Bells in a shrine

Where does this go?

Off into the forest

Look out! The train is coming!

Ossian and Sen hitch rides home

Lila reading on the train

Dolls in the market

Densha

Saturday 16 November 2013

October in Japan

The parents of Uma's class invited us to a welcome lunch. What a feast!
Ossian finds some toys to play with
A spider
Ossian climbing trees on Konabe mountain
A wasps nest
A rice field
A tree
Ossian watches the train driver ...
... and samples the door paint

Mount Hiei, where the running monks live
The ticket office at the entrance to Mount Hiei
Yo, monk!
Uma and Lila getting temple overload
Forest Rangers are Go!
Christopher Robin
Up in the clouds, about to return to Kyoto on the cablecar
The river in Kyoto
Tea
Washing up
A magical run with Max
A tree. Or two trees?