Kyoto approach

An old poem of mine. I've never been to Japan or the temple, but I like the idea of it.

Steve, that is magnificent! I would never guess you hadn't been there. "Look stern and serene" is accurate, how did you know? Arranging one's face in that way is necessary, unfamiliar and difficult for a westerner in Japan. Well, I managed the stern expression, because I'm like my grandmother, but serenity...I doubt I pulled that off. I felt serene for only 20 minutes, when I was alone in a tiny shrine, as in your poem. I was very much off balance in Japan. Africa was less foreign to me.

Thank you very much for your spectacular words.

This is one the nicest shots of this series to me