Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024

[Aetas]

Thanks for taking us along @Chap

[Alex]

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

After morning prayer at Daitoku-ji temple in our neighborhood

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]

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

...and Tonkatsu for dinner

This also looks familiar...

[Chap]

@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

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.

[Chap]

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

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

...and Tonkatsu for dinner

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

[Alex]

@Chap you did, glad you still remembered it

[Chap]

@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.

[Chap]

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

Different types of Katsuobushi (Bonito flakes for Dashi)

Unreal Wagyu

The Wagyu

Fugo (Pufferfish)

[Chap]

On the bikes again for breakfast and more temples

[Chap]

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 )

[jordanscollected]

@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.

[tody]

@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...

[Chap]

@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...

[Chap]

We went to tea ceremony. Maxi dressed up perfectly.

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.

[Chap]

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

[pechelman]

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

[Chap]

@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

...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...

[Chap]

Nagoya, Castle and Chef Hiro

Soba for lunch

Chef Hiro

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

[Chap]

Hiking Mount Daimonji

Kyoto

Kyoto and Osaka in the background

[Chap]

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

Perfect Japanese maple foliage.

Having a cup of Matcha... very meditative atmosphere