Between vermilion and green

The first morning's memories begin at Fushimi Inari Taisha. "We arrived at Fushimi Inari Taisha and walked beneath the vermilion gates. I kept pausing to look up." hana's memory: "The red gates are the part I want to remember. Let us keep this photo." In the evening, hana's memory moves to Gion: "We walked through Gion that evening. I wanted to keep the narrow street and its old wooden facades in our journal." Photo note: two sample photographs accompany these memories. The supplied locations, Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto and Gion, Kyoto, are approximate fictional landmarks, not original camera GPS.

“The red gates are the part I want to remember.”

The second day led to the bamboo grove in Arashiyama. "We walked through the bamboo grove in Arashiyama. We took our time and enjoyed being there together." hana's memory: "The bamboo made this feel like a different side of Kyoto." Later that afternoon: "After the bamboo grove we stopped beside Togetsu-kyo Bridge. We watched the river before walking back together." Photo note: two sample photographs accompany these memories. The supplied locations, Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Kyoto and Togetsu-kyo Bridge, Kyoto, are approximate fictional landmarks, not original camera GPS.

“The bamboo made this feel like a different side of Kyoto.”

On the third day, the journal reaches Kiyomizu-dera. "We visited Kiyomizu-dera and looked out across Kyoto. It was our last stop before heading home." hana added a second view: "Another photograph from our last stop at Kiyomizu-dera: the temple hall, framed by the trees. Please keep this view alongside the city panorama." hana's memory: "I would love to come back and walk these streets again." Photo note: two sample photographs accompany these memories, the city panorama and the temple hall. The supplied location, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, is an approximate fictional landmark, not original camera GPS.

“I would love to come back and walk these streets again.”