• Film Work
  • The Lumineers - "III"
  • TriMet
  • Services and Capabilities
  • Contact
  • Menu

TOMAS C. PATLAN

photography services
  • Film Work
  • The Lumineers - "III"
  • TriMet
  • Services and Capabilities
  • Contact

THE LAST WEEK - Temple hopping in Kyoto and morning meditation with Buddhist monks (HOMECOMING EDITION)

July 31, 2015

Welp... I'm back and just as exhausted from writing this blog as I am from the jet lag. I'm just going to dump the rest of the photos I took while Zac and I were in Kyoto and Osaka. 

Zac and I biking down a mountain where we came across a graveyard. 

Zac and I biking down a mountain where we came across a graveyard. 

Even in when you're dead in Japan, you'll always be confined to a smaller space. 

Even in when you're dead in Japan, you'll always be confined to a smaller space. 

On our way to our first Temple in Kyoto. 

On our way to our first Temple in Kyoto. 

I believe this structure inside the grounds of the first temple was called "The Temple of Insurmountable Life".

I believe this structure inside the grounds of the first temple was called "The Temple of Insurmountable Life".

This is what is seen when you first walk in. 

This is what is seen when you first walk in. 

There were hundreds of these little cabinets throughout the building. 

There were hundreds of these little cabinets throughout the building. 

Inside each cabinet contained something like this. 

Inside each cabinet contained something like this. 

This was one of the more touristy areas in Kyoto. Lots of temples and souvenir shops littered throughout the place.

This was one of the more touristy areas in Kyoto. Lots of temples and souvenir shops littered throughout the place.

I was relieved to find some freaky Japanese art in Kyoto. 

I was relieved to find some freaky Japanese art in Kyoto. 

I'm trying to get some ricksha legs when I get back.

I'm trying to get some ricksha legs when I get back.

Zac throwing some change into a wooden box right outside one of Kyoto's oldest temples. 

Zac throwing some change into a wooden box right outside one of Kyoto's oldest temples. 

The gates that lead into a large Park in Kyoto. 

The gates that lead into a large Park in Kyoto. 

On the grounds of the Buddhist temple stayed at outside of Osaka. 

On the grounds of the Buddhist temple stayed at outside of Osaka. 

We got to end our trip with sunrise meditation.

We got to end our trip with sunrise meditation.

Prev / Next

Latest Posts

JAPAN 2015
THE LAST WEEK - Temple hopping in Kyoto and morning meditation with Buddhist monks (HOMECOMING EDITION)
about 9 years ago
Fireworks, Sumo Tournaments, and Graveyards
about 9 years ago
WEEK 3 – Back to Tokyo with Riki, so we can shoot guns at each other (I LOST MY PASSPORT EDITION)
about 9 years ago
Our First Two Days in Sapporo - Scaling a mountain and other things
about 9 years ago
WEEK 1 UPDATE & RECAP - Slowly turning into ghosts edition... and more!
about 9 years ago
DAY 4 - The search for a fetish fest with Rikki, Onsens, and more!
about 9 years ago
DAY 3 - Welcome to UENO ZOO, where the animals are on full display and wish they were DEAD.
about 9 years ago
Lagged.
about 9 years ago