VLUU68 frames

Kansai

December in Osaka and Kyoto. Short days, low sun, and vermilion turning up everywhere — on lamps, on eaves, on ten thousand gates.

Two red lantern-topped street lamps stand against a white plaster wall under a tangle of power lines.

Two LampsOsaka

Red paper lanterns and a menu board hang outside a wooden restaurant front.

OkonomiyakiOsaka

Neon signs line both banks of a canal at dusk, their light doubled on the still water.

DōtonboriOsaka

The Kamo river runs straight toward the horizon under a white sun, its walkways empty on both banks.

Kamo at NoonKyoto

The wooden stage of Kiyomizu-dera stands on tall timber pillars above a bare winter hillside.

Wooden StageKyoto

A vermilion shrine gate with green copper eaves and a hanging lantern rises against a clear sky.

Vermilion EavesFushimi Inari

A tunnel of vermilion torii recedes to a bright point, three people walking through it.

Thousand GatesFushimi Inari

Vermilion torii posts glow against black foliage at night, a single figure passing between them.

Gates After DarkFushimi Inari

3 legs · 8 frames11 Dec 2023 — 14 Dec 2023

Where

30 km east to west, 37 km north to south.

  1. All3 days8

    10 km

  2. 1Osaka, lanterns first3

    11 Dec 202320 m

  3. 2Kyoto, river to hillside4

    13 Dec 20231 km

  4. 3The gates after dark1

    14 Dec 2023200 m

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