Kyoto day trip, 17 Nov 2012
Jan. 14th, 2013 11:50 amWim's dad and stepmom were in Kyoto, and it doesn't cost that much to take the shinkansen to Kyoto from Nagoya. I got to take them to what turns out to be one of my favorite places, the Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts. There are exhibits for EVERYTHING, with some working crafters, and visitors can do surigata-yuzen dyeing, which uses a brush and stencils to make shaded designs. Here are the dragonflies I did on a handkerchief.
![[The teacher was very cute, enthusiastic and admiring.]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/2b37038b4841/678086-548645/underhill.hhhh.org/~igg/2012-11-17-kyoto-yuzen.jpg)
They later got some maples and acorns on there to keep them company. This technique is not hard, and a person could laser-cut the stencils. It does require nice, thin, impermeable paper, which reminded me of vellum. (Wim thinks mulberry paper, but I think that's more tissue-like.)
We had lunch at the building's cafe and then went to a temple. I wish I knew which one; this is what happens when you let other people plan. [Edit: Definitely Nanzen-ji; I found the ticket from going up inside the Sanmon.] Absolutely stunning leaves, even in the pouring rain.
![[The rain made them even more vivid]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/5fec1c653feb/678086-548645/underhill.hhhh.org/~igg/2012-11-17-kyoto-trees.jpg)
![[Bellflowers and maples, with enormous gate]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/417cd1b668af/678086-548645/underhill.hhhh.org/~igg/2012-11-17-kyoto-temple-arch.jpg)
You could climb that big gate in the background, and here's the view from above.
![[Forest of trees and umbrellas]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/5e0a139285d7/678086-548645/underhill.hhhh.org/~igg/2012-11-17-kyoto-temple-high.jpg)
![[Mysterious garden where we caught a taxi]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/135eca3f1a66/678086-548645/underhill.hhhh.org/~igg/2012-11-17-kyoto-garden.jpg)
![[The teacher was very cute, enthusiastic and admiring.]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/2b37038b4841/678086-548645/underhill.hhhh.org/~igg/2012-11-17-kyoto-yuzen.jpg)
They later got some maples and acorns on there to keep them company. This technique is not hard, and a person could laser-cut the stencils. It does require nice, thin, impermeable paper, which reminded me of vellum. (Wim thinks mulberry paper, but I think that's more tissue-like.)
We had lunch at the building's cafe and then went to a temple. I wish I knew which one; this is what happens when you let other people plan. [Edit: Definitely Nanzen-ji; I found the ticket from going up inside the Sanmon.] Absolutely stunning leaves, even in the pouring rain.
![[The rain made them even more vivid]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/5fec1c653feb/678086-548645/underhill.hhhh.org/~igg/2012-11-17-kyoto-trees.jpg)
![[Bellflowers and maples, with enormous gate]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/417cd1b668af/678086-548645/underhill.hhhh.org/~igg/2012-11-17-kyoto-temple-arch.jpg)
You could climb that big gate in the background, and here's the view from above.
![[Forest of trees and umbrellas]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/5e0a139285d7/678086-548645/underhill.hhhh.org/~igg/2012-11-17-kyoto-temple-high.jpg)
![[Mysterious garden where we caught a taxi]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/135eca3f1a66/678086-548645/underhill.hhhh.org/~igg/2012-11-17-kyoto-garden.jpg)