2017: a return to kyoto

this is a video from a point-of-view perspective that i took while walking around the kyoto imperial palace grounds.  it was during a solo visit to japan at the end of 2017.  it was cold and snowing.

i had visited japan in the [northern hemisphere] spring of 2013; during the cherry blossom season.  though i was not solo at that time.

my supposed purpose in going to kyoto in 2017 was to undertake the rakuyo 33 pilgrimage route.  to this end, before i went, i roughed up a little web site to help guide me around the densely packed city of kyoto (rakuyo33.info if you are interested).

i completed this pilgrimage, on foot, and often in snowy conditions, over a period of six days.

however, my actual reason for going to kyoto was a bit different.  i wanted – or perhaps, needed – to revisit the grounds of the kyoto imperial palace.

in search of someone.  i guess.

this is a story from these two journeys.  maybe it’s about impermanence.  maybe it’s about attachment.  maybe it’s about detachment.  maybe it’s just stuff that happens.

i recommend turning up the volume to hear and feel the ambient sounds.