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    Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024

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    • ARNCA
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      @Chap bonsai 6 is stunning! Thanks for sharing your trip with us.

      “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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      • ChapC
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        ...and Tonkatsu for dinner

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        God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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        • ChapC
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          @ARNC said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

          @Chap bonsai 6 is stunning! Thanks for sharing your trip with us.

          Thanks, yes they were amazing some of them hundreds of years of age

          God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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          • ChapC
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            @Daniel-San said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

            @Chap
            wonderful pictures Jens !!
            really enjoying your journey 😃
            and happy new year in 🇦🇹

            Thank you! あけましておめでとう。(Happy new year)

            God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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            • goosehdG
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              @Chap An aspect that I love and appreciate. So many of us get caught up in the wanting the perfect (insert item), that we forget it’s the process of getting there that’s important.

              "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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              • ChapC
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                After morning prayer at Daitoku-ji temple in our neighborhood

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                We are standing on a so called Nightingale Floor surrounding the temple. These flours make a squeaking sound (chirping noises) when you walk on them. Legend has it that the squeaking floors were used as a security device warning of intruders.

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                God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                • ChapC
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                  At Orinasu-kan one of the oldest (and most famous) weavers of Kimono cloth in Nishijin, Kyotos weaving district.

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                  Matcha tea in our Machyia

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                  God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                  • AetasA
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                    Thanks for taking us along @Chap

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                    • AlexA
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                      @Chap said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

                      After morning prayer at Daitoku-ji temple in our neighborhood

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                      This looks familiar - is it the zen temple within the larger complex? If so, Kira and I did a private meditation / sutra chanting here early one morning earlier this year with the temple master. Was a very cool experience

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                        @Chap said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

                        ...and Tonkatsu for dinner

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                        This also looks familiar... 🙂

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                        • ChapC
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                          @Alex said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

                          @Chap said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

                          After morning prayer at Daitoku-ji temple in our neighborhood

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                          This looks familiar - is it the zen temple within the larger complex? If so, Kira and I did a private meditation / sutra chanting here early one morning earlier this year with the temple master. Was a very cool experience

                          @Alex Yes it's a in a sub-temple of the complex of Daitoku-ji. I am pretty sure it is the same.

                          God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                          • ChapC
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                            @Alex said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

                            @Chap said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

                            ...and Tonkatsu for dinner

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                            This also looks familiar... 🙂

                            @Alex 😂 it's the one in Nishiki market, I think I got the recommendation from you when we were in Kyoto in March

                            God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                            • AlexA
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                              @Chap you did, glad you still remembered it

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                              • ChapC
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                                @Alex said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

                                @Chap you did, glad you still remembered it

                                Yes it is really good, Maxi been there a couple of times during his Kyoto time.

                                God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                  Another Omakase restaurant in Kyoto. They take their Dashi very seriously. A couple of dishes from that evening.

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                                  Different types of Katsuobushi (Bonito flakes for Dashi)

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                                  Unreal Wagyu

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                                  The Wagyu

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                                  Fugo (Pufferfish)

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                                  God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                  • ChapC
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                                    On the bikes again for breakfast and more temples

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                                    God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                    • ChapC
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                                      My Goshuin book, collecting Goshuin from the Temples (stamps, handwritten by the monks, that work as a kind of proof that you have visited a specific temple or shrine, Maxi has already completed three books 😁)

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                                      God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                      • jordanscollectedJ
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                                        @Chap Those are beautiful photos of such serene places.

                                        A personal goal I have is to slow the F down and enjoy the current moment more. I'm typically mentally moving on to the next thing before I fully enjoy what's right in front of me. I feel like those temples should be enjoyed slowly, quietly, and thoroughly and would be just the test I need to help me over the hump.

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                                          @jordanscollected said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

                                          A personal goal I have is to slow the F down and enjoy the current moment more.

                                          You're not alone with this one...

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                                          • ChapC
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                                            @jordanscollected said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

                                            @Chap Those are beautiful photos of such serene places.

                                            A personal goal I have is to slow the F down and enjoy the current moment more. I'm typically mentally moving on to the next thing before I fully enjoy what's right in front of me. I feel like those temples should be enjoyed slowly, quietly, and thoroughly and would be just the test I need to help me over the hump.

                                            Oh yes, absolutely that was (part of) my goal with the Japan trip. We usually skipped the crowded areas and temples went to the lesser known and sometimes just sat down for a while and enjoyed the scenery in silence...

                                            God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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