Yesterday, as the day before yesterday, the weather forecast looked like it was going to be another perfect day for photography.
I call Tofuku-ji Temple, Eikando Temple, and Jojakko-ji Temple the "three great yokozuna" of Kyoto's (and Japan's) autumn foliage.
The natural order of things produces a spectacular change of seasons every year, utterly unrelated to the global warming and emissions trading scams initiated by (unbelievably) China and the Canadian international fraudster Maurice Strong, and later joined by Al Gore, who became the Democratic Party of the United States presidential candidate.
From November 17 to early December, the best time to view the autumn foliage continues.
The best days for photography are sure to come, too.
As you know, I do not try to know anything about the technical aspects of photography, and I do not manipulate my photos in any way.
Yesterday, I had planned to photograph Ryoanji Temple, Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, Kyoto Imperial Palace, and Kiyomizu Temple.
From JR Kyoto Station, take the rapid train to Enmachi Station. From Enmachi Station, I took the JR express bus to Ryoan-ji Temple, my usual route.
The bus usually arrives without much of a wait, but yesterday it came a little late.
In addition, the bus was full.
Is the bus to Kitano Tenmangu Shrine available when it arrives?
I changed the order.
The autumn foliage at Kitano-Tenmangu Shrine is one of the slowest in Kyoto, but the foliage information website said it was now "at its best.
The admission fee to Tenmangu Shrine and Momiji-en Garden has risen yearly, and now it is 1,000 yen.
If it were at its peak, I would accept the fee, but even when it was not at its peak, as it was yesterday, I was not sure about the 1,000-yen price.
I wanted to say a few words to the receptionist about this, but I had to cancel it because there was only one group of visitors.
I decided to take a picture of the newly built area next door.
That's when the sky suddenly changed.
The sky changed at once, and a magnificent cloud appeared.
I thought, "Did Michizane appear to me as if he had understood my intention?"
I took 110 pictures, but there was not a single picture of garbage.
Among them was one that showed the perfection of the palace carpenter's artistry.
Two decades ago, two young men in England conceived the idea of Last. FM.
I was convinced that the ultimate music site had arrived.
Painting is the line, writing is style, photography is composition, and music is resonance.
After listening to Last FM, intensively every night, I purchased hundreds of thousands of yen worth of songs on iTunes by bands and singers with a 21st-century sound.
Soon a major U.S. media company bought Last. FM.
Two young British men became billionaires in one fell swoop.
Among the songs and bands I purchased was the Canadian Sunset Rubdown.
My handle is attributed to them.
It is because Stadiums and Shrines II sounded great.
It is perfect for the above photo (which was also an allusion to Shrines).
But alas, the album version I heard then was not on YouTube.
The live version sounded a bit different from the above photo.
Soon after I began my search, to my surprise, the Mozart Piano Concerto with Pollini on piano and Muti conducting appeared.
The perfection of Pollini, one of the best pianists of the 20th century, and the perfection of Muti would correspond to each other, so I immediately selected the piece and sent it out.
Mozart: Piano concerto n. No. 21 in C major, K.467 Pollini-Muti
