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The Japan TimesA bus driver with 29 years of service lost his retirement package worth $84,000 after being fired for stealing $7 from passengers' fares. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/crime-legal/bus-driver-steal-pension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/crime-legal/bus-driver-steal-pension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crimelegal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japanesecourts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/supremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#supremecourt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buses</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pensions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smoking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smoking</a>

The Japan TimesKyoto’s annual international photography festival brings surprising laughs and heart. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/18/art/kyotographie/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/18/art/kyotographie/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#culture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kyotographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyotographie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exhibitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exhibitions</a>

Camellia Tea CeremonySon-i lifted his vajra (or rosary) to the heavens and offered a prayer to Michizane's spirit The storm suddenly abated and Son-i discovered a large stone at his feet. On this appeared the image Michizane, but in the blink of an eye the figure dissolved into fog.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sakura</a>

Camellia Tea CeremonyVery soon after Michizane’s death ferocious lightning storms struck the city and the Kamo River flooded. A lengthy period of strange events unfurled (drought, epidemics, comet sightings, a lunar eclipse and unseasonable weather), during which his political enemies began to die...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tenmangu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tenmangu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a>

Camellia Tea CeremonyThe character's '水' (sui) and '火' (ka) in the shrine's name mean 'water' and 'fire, and it is believed Suika Tenmangū (水火天満宮) offers protection from floods and conflagrations.People also pray for improvement in skills and success in their careers at the small Inari shrine.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%B0%B4%E7%81%AB%E5%A4%A9%E6%BA%80%E5%AE%AE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#水火天満宮</a>

Camellia Tea Ceremony🔥🌸THE SHRINE OF FIRE AND WATER🌸🌊There are so many places to see cherry blossoms in Kyotō, too many sites to talk about, but I had to mention one of my favourites...Suika Tenmangū (水火天満宮) claims to be the oldest Tenmangū shrine in Japan!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#京都</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%B0%B4%E7%81%AB%E5%A4%A9%E6%BA%80%E5%AE%AE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#水火天満宮</a>

The Japan TimesLoose trousers, wide-sleeved jackets and airy dresses with glittering flower patterns featured among the clothing that was exhibited. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/17/style-design/dior-fall-collection-kyoto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/17/style-design/dior-fall-collection-kyoto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/styledesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#styledesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dior</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fashion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyoto</a>

The Japan TimesFor years Nobuhiro Doi resisted calls for Japan's banks to end the long-standing practice of holding shares in their corporate clients, but the 68-year-old president of Kyoto Financial Group is coming around to the idea. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/16/companies/kyoto-bank-more-open-to-mergers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/16/companies/kyoto-bank-more-open-to-mergers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#companies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kyotofinancialgroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyotofinancialgroup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regionalbanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regionalbanks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stocks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mergers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mergers</a>

Norbert Woehnl :itabashi:Good morning from Japan! I’m at the office today, but don’t want to bore everyone with another set of 7:30 AM photos from around Tokyo Station. Instead, here are two street scenes from Ichijoji in northeastern Kyoto.<a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/streetphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetphotography</a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/japanlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japanlife</a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyoto</a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/kyotolife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyotolife</a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/shotoniphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shotoniphone</a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fotografie</a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/photographersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photographersofmastodon</a>

Tanuki.no.moriToday's Kamo River🌸🍀 📸 04/15/2025 📍 Sakyo ward, Kyoto <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/landscape?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landscape</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/japan?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/kyoto?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyoto</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/spring?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spring</a>

Tanuki.no.moriToday's Kamo River🌸🍀📸 04/15/2025 📍 Sakyo ward, Kyoto<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landscape</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spring</a>

Camellia Tea Ceremonyjust touching the cherry blossom petals brings tears 花びらがさわつても出る涙哉 -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1810. Trans. David G. Lanoue.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#京都</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sakura</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%A1%9C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#桜</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cherryblossoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cherryblossoms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blossoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blossoms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%9C%A8%E5%B1%8B%E7%94%BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#木屋町</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kiyamachi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kiyamachi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E9%AB%98%E7%80%AC%E5%B7%9D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#高瀬川</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Takasegawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Takasegawa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haiku</a>

Bob the TravelerJapanese digital artist, photographer, and composer Osamu Sato was born OTD in 1960 in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kyoto/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kyoto/?s=mb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a>

Camellia Tea CeremonyCommodity dealers built storehouses about the 9 registered boat launches (the 1st, Ichino Funairi 一之船入, is preserved), creating neighbourhoods such as Kiyamachi (木屋町 Lumber Yard Town), Kamiyamachi (紙屋町 Paper Dealers' Town) and Ishiyamachi (石屋町 Stonemasons' Town).<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#京都</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kiyamachi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kiyamachi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%9C%A8%E5%B1%8B%E7%94%BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#木屋町</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a>

Camellia Tea CeremonyUp to 100 flat-bottomed boats, known as Takasebune (高瀬舟), could use the 11km route at one time.From the moment it opened, the Takase-gawa (高瀬川) was extremely popular, even featuring in guide books of the time.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kiyamachi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kiyamachi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%9C%A8%E5%B1%8B%E7%94%BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#木屋町</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Takasegawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Takasegawa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E9%AB%98%E7%80%AC%E5%B7%9D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#高瀬川</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#京都</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sakura</a>

Arcadiagt5Should be a nice day today. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a> My plans for what to do in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/osaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osaka</a> are fairly vague but may well involve seeing the Castle there in addition to anime related shopping. (The latter being something I haven’t had much of a chance to do yet)

Arcadiagt5Here we go… I even got a seat… <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyoto</a>

Arcadiagt5Waiting for the next local train to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Osaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Osaka</a>. It is running late apparently but I’m in no great hurry today. Currently standing on platform 5 of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyoto</a> station

Camellia Tea CeremonyOnce connecting the heart of Kyōto to the port of Fushimi, the Takase-gawa (高瀬川) was excavated by Suminokura Ryoi (角倉了以) between 1608-11. Originally rising beside Suminokura's residence on Kiyamachi-Nijō, at one time the canal stretched all the way to Jujō (十条通).<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kiyamachi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kiyamachi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Takasegawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Takasegawa</a>

Camellia Tea Ceremony🌸🤗✨<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kyoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#京都</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%9C%A8%E5%B1%8B%E7%94%BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#木屋町</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kiyamachi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kiyamachi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sakura</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%A1%9C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#桜</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cherryblossoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cherryblossoms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blossoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blossoms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kyotoscenes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kyotoscenes</a>

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