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    Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024

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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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                    • ChapC
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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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                                • ChapC
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                                  We went to tea ceremony. Maxi dressed up perfectly.

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                                  Japanese take the tea ceremony very serious it has to be enjoyed with focus on the procedures and rituals and in silence therefore sorry, not many pics.

                                  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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                                    Daitoku-ji is a huge temple complex with 22 sub-temples, lovely to stroll around there even by night.

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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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                                    • pechelmanP
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                                      amazing shots, Chap!
                                      Looks like you had all of Kyoto to yourselves somehow.

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

                                        amazing shots, Chap!
                                        Looks like you had all of Kyoto to yourselves somehow.

                                        We tried to avoid the crowds, were only once in the center and Nishiki Market and Gion only to see the new Momotaro store. The usual tourist has three or four spots in Kyoto, it's quite easy to avoid them.

                                        Kyoto Shijoo Bridge with Minamiza (Kabuki) Theater... and lots of people

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                                        ...and one place which was quite busy too, Ginkaku-ji with the Silver Pavilion but it was worth it, even saw a guy wearing a Japanese Denim brand some of you might know...

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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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                                          Nagoya, Castle and Chef Hiro

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                                          Soba for lunch

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                                          Chef Hiro

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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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                                            Hiking Mount Daimonji

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                                            Kyoto

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                                            Kyoto and Osaka in the background

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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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