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Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024

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    Aetas
    見習いボス
    @Chap
    Joined: 19 Jun 2013

    Thanks for taking us along @Chap

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      Alex
      IHUK Crew
      @Chap
      Joined: 28 Sept 2009

      @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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        Alex
        IHUK Crew
        @Chap
        Joined: 28 Sept 2009

        @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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          Chap
          見習いボス
          @Alex
          Joined: 24 May 2016

          @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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            Chap
            見習いボス
            @Alex
            Joined: 24 May 2016

            @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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              Alex
              IHUK Crew
              @Chap
              Joined: 28 Sept 2009

              @Chap you did, glad you still remembered it

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                Chap
                見習いボス
                @Alex
                Joined: 24 May 2016

                @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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                  Chap
                  見習いボス
                  Joined: 24 May 2016

                  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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                    Chap
                    見習いボス
                    Joined: 24 May 2016

                    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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                      Chap
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 24 May 2016

                      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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                        jordanscollected
                        啓蒙家
                        @Chap
                        Joined: 13 Nov 2018

                        @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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                          tody
                          啓蒙家
                          @jordanscollected
                          Joined: 24 Feb 2021

                          @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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                            Chap
                            見習いボス
                            @jordanscollected
                            Joined: 24 May 2016

                            @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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                              Chap
                              見習いボス
                              Joined: 24 May 2016

                              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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                                Chap
                                見習いボス
                                Joined: 24 May 2016

                                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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                                  pechelman
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined: 24 Jan 2022

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

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                                    Chap
                                    見習いボス
                                    @pechelman
                                    Joined: 24 May 2016

                                    @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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                                      Chap
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                                      Joined: 24 May 2016

                                      Nagoya, Castle and Chef Hiro

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                                      Soba for lunch

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                                      Chef Hiro

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                                      https://www.youtube.com/@chefhiro4898

                                      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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                                        Chap
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 24 May 2016

                                        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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                                          Chap
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                                          My favorite temple in Kyoto especially the garden, again one we had almost on our own.

                                          Perfect Japanese maple foliage.

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                                          Having a cup of Matcha... very meditative atmosphere

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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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