everydaykyoto – Chad Kohalyk

Minamiza

in Kyoto on September 4, 2022 September 4, 2022

Took a walk up the Kamogawa tonight and saw Minamiza, the theatre where all the kabuki greats have been performing for the the past hundred years.

in Kyoto on July 10, 2022 July 10, 2022

On Shijō this afternoon the Naginata-hoko is going up. Look at the rope work and the size of some of the posts! #gion #祇園祭 #kyoto

Such a glorious day today in #kyoto 😁 Hope you all had a lovely Tanabata 🎋

in Kyoto on June 28, 2022 June 28, 2022

My neighbourhood has a lot of Buddhist craftspeople. They make altar fittings, carve statues, etc. One warehouse is used for cleaning parts of temples. I pass by every day and there is some new chunk…

Microblogging everyday Kyoto

in about Japan Kyoto on June 19, 2022 June 19, 2022

After arriving in Kyoto I considered how I should journal daily life here. For the month of May I experimented with the indie Micro.blog service, posting pics, videos, and short updates at everydaykyoto.micro.blog. The service…

in Kyoto on May 28, 2022 June 19, 2022

Walking down Shijō, above the crowd is the sound of practice: they are getting ready for Gion Matsuri at the Naginata-hoko! 🔊

in Kyoto on May 28, 2022 June 19, 2022

Sun setting on Nijo castle

in buddhism Kyoto on May 28, 2022 June 19, 2022

Sunday morning. I hear the calling of Buddhist monks on alms round as they walk down the narrow street in front of my house. I give some dana. I had always lived in apartments in…

in Kyoto on May 22, 2022 June 19, 2022

After 2 years of covid and travel-induced delays, we finally interred my mother-in-law’s ashes at Otani-byo ☸️ cemetery, where the family grave is, in a 納骨 (nōkotsu) ceremony. I don’t have photos of the proceedings,…

in Kyoto on May 8, 2022 June 19, 2022

Higashi Hongan-ji and Kyoto Tower, day and night