Looks so pro, this shot.

Labor Thanksgiving Day

Holiday today, so cleaned up the cave and went for a walk. Lots of people around since my place is a tourist spot, but stuck to the quieter areas. Saw a brown praying mantis stumbling around a bit. He must have been cold too.

Gate to someone's house. The Matsui residence.

Red, green-yellow and orange Japanese maples. The small dark entrance is the start of a forest trekking trail. I went in for a bit, but it's supposed to be a 3 hour affair so will do it next time.

The trail would bring me right to the border of the next prefecture (Shiga). The board gives information on the wildlife (birds and animals) that you might see on the trek. There are apparently deer, racoons, and wild boar. Lucky no bears since I live next to the forest.

Insomnia

Rained last night.

First light over Daimonji mountain.

After the shops open, this road will be really filled with tourists later in the day.

Noisy bird.

Cold.

Camera skills not enough to get the real colour. Its much redder and more vivid.

Red maples.

Dinner at Kiteya

This is becoming one of my favourite shops, just a tad pricey. It's a shop specializing in chicken (you hear this TTTT???), they get free-range chicken deliveries daily. It's so fresh they have chicken tataki, where they lightly grill the outside of some chicken and the inside is basically raw. I tried it once, it's not bad but not something I can bring myself to eat often. Their karaage (fried chicken) is amazing.

"Free" starter, sometimes it's egg salad, sometimes homemade kimchi, today it was mushroom and togarashi (non-spicy pepper) thing. Very yummy.

Minced chicken with cheese.

Kiteya don - shop speciality of grilled chicken topped with rice and Kyoto pickles.

Radish salad.

Grilled Shiitake mushrooms