Mai, Koa and I visited Kyoto to see the red leaves.
It was a bit early, but was nice looking at red leaves in the old temples.
This is Nanzenji’s water channel. (南禅寺水楼閣）
Nanzenji’s famous yudofu 湯豆腐, hot tofu.
Koa tried to stick his head into the fence whenever he saw it.
Kyoto’s renovated shopping mall, shinpukan 新風館.
Christmas decoration went along with the renovated old building.
Also we visited a zoo in Kyoto.
This was the first time for him to see animals.
He was scared of them except giraffe and elephants.
On the way back, we stopped by my wife’s hometown, Maizuru.
Yellow leaves in a small park in Maizuru.
I remember the tree was like this when Koa was born in Maizuru.
His name Koa was named after the tree and koa wood in Hawaii.
Koa, 木秋, literally means wood and autumn.
I took my son to the beach to surf. He didn’t cry this time.
My son was getting accustomed to the sea a bit.
My wife’s parents, Ecchan and Takachan, always take good care of my son.
It is getting cold here in Japan, but we can appreciate the Mother Nature and feel warm inside.
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