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It all started so well, perfect photo opps in Nara Koen... |
A Sunday ride with
FiN around Nara. It should have been a perfect time to photograph the cherry blossoms. The weather had other ideas...
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Naramachiten Shrine. |
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Naramachiten Shrine 2. |
By the time we had ridden up to the Naramachiten Shrine the skies opened...
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Waiting @ Naramachiten. |
Not such a bad place to wait for the rain to pass though...
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Naramachiten Shrine 3. |
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Naramachiten Shrine 4. |
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Naramachiten Shrine 5. |
After a coffee stop at the
Mellow Cafe we headed up to
Nigatsu-do...
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Nigatsu-do at dusk. |
Seriously heavy skies over Nara...
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View from Nigatsu-do. |
With rain forecast on and off for the next week we may or may not get a chance to shoot some sakura. Stay tuned to find out!
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Lantern at Nigatsu-do. |