Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy)

[imomus]

On January 2nd 2010 we climbed Mount Shigi in Nara, Japan to celebrate the new astrological year of the tiger and 1300 years of Nara.

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It was in another tiger year that "multitasking" Prince Shotoku Taishi (apparently so intelligent he could understand ten conversations at once), was defending Buddhism against the Mononobe family. Prince Taishi called on Bishamonten, the Buddhist god of war, in the Hour of the Tiger, on the Day of the Tiger. It seemed to work; Taishi prevailed over the Mononobes. He built Shigisan Chogosonsiji Temple -- the tiger shrine -- on Mount Shigi in Bishamonten's honour. We climbed and we climbed, my how we climbed...

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[imomus.livejournal.com]

Cyborg Playgirl = Maggie = the maker of Broad & Market (http://cyborgmemoirs.com/street/), the Philly style blog. Twitter ego-surfing told me she was in Osaka, and in fact in Abeno, the same district I'm in, so I sent her a mail. But before she got it we met up anyway, in the doorway of a store in the Loop Centre:



PS: nice mismatched socks, Maggie!

[milky-eyes.livejournal.com]

thanks for name checking "Broad and Market".
Very cool/fun blog.

(the photo's bordering on priceless btw)

in the Loop Centre

[pay-option07.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen a Pea jacket in years.


Your friends might want to adopt a pet from an expat Elizabeth Oliver in nearby Kameoka.

http://www.arkbark.net/?q=en/