The Journey is the Destination
On my way to everywhere
Reverse cultural shock (2)11/19/2022 𝟐𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 🗾 𝒕𝒐 🇳🇿: 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 👎 𝑰'𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒊𝒏 🗾. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒔, 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑮𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑻 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏, 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔, & 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒕, 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒔. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏! 𝑺𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒍𝒆-𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒐 🤩 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔.. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒐𝒌𝒚𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆-𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑶𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 🇳🇿 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉. 😩 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 🦨/𝒊𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓; 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆/𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆; 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 🛀🏻... 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒌𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑯𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑯𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂-𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔, 𝒊𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒇𝒇, 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇𝒇. 𝑾𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒆𝒘𝒆 𝑽𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑮𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒊 𝑭𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 Reverse Cultural Shock (1)11/17/2022 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎🗾: 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 & 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔!!??!!😧 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒚, 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒅, 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒚. 𝑮𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚, 𝒋𝒐𝒚 & 𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 🗾. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝑶𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒓, 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒕, 𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂 𝒋𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕-𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆, 𝑶𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒘𝒂𝒚: 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, & 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒐𝒏,
𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 & 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆😩 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆¥𝟗𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎 🍱 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎; 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 🍙 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉; 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒕 🌽 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒑, 𝒉𝒐𝒕 🍵 𝒐𝒓 🍫 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎, 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅; 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝒐𝒓¥𝟏𝟓𝟎/¥𝟖𝟗 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒐. 𝑶𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑰 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 🗾 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕. Home & reflecting on this trip11/15/2022 ⑴
𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝟒 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒕, & 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑲𝒚𝒐𝒕𝒐. 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒚-𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑰𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 & 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝑲𝒚𝒐𝒕𝒐. ⑵ 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔. 𝑰 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝟑 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 & 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒍, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒖𝒎 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕. ⑶ 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 🇳🇿. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 🗾 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅. ⑷ 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆: 𝒁𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒔 & 🏯. 𝑰 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚, & 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝑲𝒆𝒊𝒌𝒐 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝟑.𝟓 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔! 𝑨𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔, 🗾 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝑨𝒏𝒅 🗾 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰'𝒎 𝒊𝒏 🗾 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆🗾 🇳🇿 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝑵𝒐𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆. 🗾💘 Palace is not my thing, eh11/12/2022 やはり...𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒆𝒂. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝑩𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒁𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 . 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒏'𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍! 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 ,
𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆; 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇: 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔... 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒁𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 ¥𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟎. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏😗 Wakayama Castle back garden11/11/2022 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 "🍁𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏". 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝑾𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒎𝒂. 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. Wakayama Castle !11/10/2022 𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 🏯 & 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 和歌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝟏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆! 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 🏯 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝟐. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒆'𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘. 𝑨𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝟐𝟒𝟎° 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒎 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇 ! 𝑻𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇, 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 🏯 𝑺𝒐 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝟖 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒂 𝟏𝟎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆!
𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝟏𝟎𝟎% Hakone -Β ε½₯ζ Ή!11/8/2022 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 姬路🏯 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑰 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓🏯. 𝑺𝒐 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒐 彥根. 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 姬路🏯 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒅𝒐𝒛𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 🏯𝒔 𝒊𝒏 🗾. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍. 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 大阪🏯 & 名古屋🏯. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 琵琶湖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝟔𝟎° 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈! 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 🏯 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕-𝒖𝒑 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒃 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑹𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒂. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 🚾 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 👅 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝟒𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 京都
𝑰 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 京都 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 岐阜. 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑲𝒆𝒊𝒌𝒐 ちゃん 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒅 金澤 & 熊野 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 京都, 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒏 岐阜. 岐阜 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂🏯 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝑺𝒐 𝑰 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐. 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒐 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕. 姬路ε11/7/2022 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 🏯#姬路城 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 御姫様 𝑺𝒆𝒏 #千姬 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅, 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 💭: 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒚 - 千尋 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒃𝒚 油婆婆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒆𝒏 - 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 御姫様千 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒎?!? 𝑺𝒆𝒏, 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅, 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 白龍 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒈𝒐, 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒂𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕. To-Fuku-JiΒ ζ±η¦ε―Ί Revisited11/6/2022 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔: "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒕"?!?!?😄 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 東福寺😸 𝑰 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 #公案, 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆: 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 💩 😆 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒛 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 お手洗い. 𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒌𝒐𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔: 𝑸: 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒉𝒂. 𝑨: *𝑷𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 @💩* 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 東福寺 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 花見 𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒛𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑨𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 🍁𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆🍁 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆. 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.😋 𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑮𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔. 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓. 𝑰 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒚 🐒 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 庭園 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 !
𝑻𝒐𝒑𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒄𝒉, 𝒂𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄, 𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒕 & 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔. 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏. 𝑪𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝟒 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆. Addicted to Zen Gardens11/4/2022
After having the pleasure of exploring
and enjoying various zen gardens for 10 days βin and out of Kyoto, Iβve come to the conclusion that I am most definitely a Zen Garden person. Just look at these gardens... Here's one of them for example:
For me,
I can palpably sense a difference in the air when I go through each type of garden. Different gardens create different atmospheres, they vary from temple to temple.
Some temples welcome you with a beautiful scent of incense before you even arrive.
The gardens are open and allow a lot of sunlight in. You can sit and contemplate at whichever side of the garden you wish, you can stay for however long you like.
Some temples do not allow photos at all?
(like the one directly below). All the displayed items are kept very secretive, as if they are the most special temple on the planet. It has a small and crammed raked garden, both garden design and rock placements had strong symbologies Which made them poetic and meaningful. It was pretty dark inside the temple room and quite chilly; the outside - especially the biggest raked garden - the one that represents emptiness - was the nice part. Very serene, and worthy of taking a rest and sit down for some quiet contemplation. What I didn't like about this place, was that they had an old sage-looking monk sell souvenir items at a table in the corridor, which truly takes away the sacred spiritual quality the temple is supposed to embody.
The best kind of zen garden,
in my opinion, are the ones where there is no staff except 1 monk on site. Like that at Enkoji εε ε―Ί. He is the sole caretaker of the site, and weaves through the garden from the start of the day doing various groundwork tasks to ensure all areas of the garden are well looked after. His presence does not interfere with the space but becomes a part of the serene scene.
There is often a great empty space with simply patterned, elegant raked sand
This is supposed to represent either the sky with the seven stars or the great ocean of peace after you have gone through all the chaos and ambitions and discarded all the desires from the worldly life. That is usually the most expansive part of the garden, with nothing but a big patch of moss, or a hump with a Buddha-representative tree, or a couple of rocks that symbolise the mountain of that heavenly realm where the enlightened can finally rest in peace. I mean...truly, human beings can not reach that level of enlightenment without shedding off almost all daily life duties and responsibilities, and that's hard to near impossible to most; don't forget all the things we may like to do or achieve or see or experience! That place of pure enlightenment is perhaps... really just a place of death. But I feel that to experience a healthy period of peace and momentary serenity is already a great accomplishment and enjoyment in itself. That is something that a zen garden definitely can provide.
I love the zen gardens for that atmosphere of peace they embody and bring out in our own being;
Not for what it forces out of you - so much so that you end up putting on the robe and become a monk. Just sitting there and looking at that empty space of raked sand contemplate on the meanings and implications of each part of the garden... that alone brings peace to our often overly busy souls.
I love the feeling of peace,
there is nothing more important to me than to feel that blissful serenity. That alone makes me a sucker for zen gardens like these. β I have also watched too many anime where the main characters would sit by the porch enjoy some beautifully arranged snacks on little plates and drink tea not to want to experience the same kind of pleasure. Enkoji was my 1st ever zen garden. And ever since Enkoji I became a bit addicted to that enjoyment, with some food and drinks, with that great view in front, some sunlight. Ahhh... nothing better. The only thing that could match with the serenity and fulfilment of sitting looking at a zen garden can only be sitting at the head of the dock, watching the calm sea on San Pedro... @EmmaRyokouFind me on: Archives
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