Although we haven't had as much snow as Europe and North America this winter has been the coldest I remember since I came to Japan. But February should see the end of it and by next month the weather will begin to warm up. I was going through some photos of Gion that I took last March. Gion is the old area of Kyoto where geishas lived, and where the story of Sayuri was mostly set. Even today, if you walk around Gion in the evening, you might catch a glimpse of a beautifully clad maiko or geisha heading to an evening engagement.
My photos were taken in the afternoon. There were no geishas, but there were beautiful pink and white plum blossoms - the first messengers of spring.
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