Saturday at a shrine


17th April 2011





I've learned enough about Heian Jingu to expect crowds there in sakura season. The maiko performance in the shrine courtyard was a surprise though.


















Another unexpected star.







The main attraction.

















The wind steals from the trees...





...and leaves the loot in the ponds.





A shot I can never resist taking. This time though, there were bits of pink in the water's sky.












For this period, special sakura omikuji. The trees where people had tied their pink fortune slips looked like cherry blossom trees from a distance.

South of the shrine was a little park filled with kids running about, making mud balls and throwing stuff around. There was also this.