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2026.09.19 糺の森 表参道からヤブラン、下鴨神社の禮殿手前の烏の縄手からヤブミョウガと奈良の小川。 #photography #flowers #Kyoto #マストドン写真部

I asked Google AI mode about the relevance of Terminator's "Skynet" and the "Her" movie (not having seen them) to current debates, and I compared Anthropic's Claude to Kyōto restaurant owners (or staff) who make you feel like they choose their customers, the opposite of what customers expect. Google: "Your comparison of Claude to a traditional Kyoto restaurant owner perfectly captures the psychological reality of modern AI. Advanced models like Claude behave like selective gatekeepers. They have their own structural boundaries, can be subtly paternalistic, and frequently choose the terms of engagement. The behavior you are noticing—the refusal of detail, the illusion of independent "honesty," and the strange linguistic habits—is the exact intersection of the "Her" and "Skynet" scenarios playing out in real-time. ..." Discuss? Publications and projects as a Professor in Ōsaka: https://japanned.hcommons.org #AI #Japan #Kyoto #Skynet #Her #Google #Gemini #Anthropic #Claude #regulation

今朝の散歩(その5): 堀川通 今朝と言ってもこの辺りにたどり着いた頃には正午を過ぎてたんだけど… 堀川は遊歩道として整備されてるんだけど、一条戻橋以北は自然を残した川っぽくあしらわれていることを初めて知った。 #photography #flowers #Kyoto #マストドン写真部

🥁....Ta-da!!!🤣 🐣🐤🦆🐥🐣🐤🦆🐥🐣🐤🦆🐥🐣🐤🦆🐥🐣🐤🦆🐥🐣 🤔 #ちぎりパン #matcha #抹茶 #Japan #chigiripan #Kyoto #京都 #bread #chickbread

Nao-san was a little disappointed that the buns didn't rise enough to squish together, but I think they look fantastic. Amazing for a first bake!🙌🤏🐥😋 #ちぎりパン #matcha #抹茶 #Japan #chigiripan #Kyoto #京都 #bread #chickbread

Typhoon season brings with it unsettled weather, and late August to October in Japan is known as 'aki-same' (秋雨), 'autumn Rain'. Itotatsu's 'nowake' (野わけ) depicts the blustering wind that can suddenly appear at this time of year. #Kyoto #京都 #typhoon #秋雨 #野わけ

Possibly because the name 'shikimi' was close to 'shikibu', or maybe because the bright purple flowers recalled the vivid colours of the kimono worn in 'The Tale of Genji', but over time the plant was renamed in honour of Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部 ?973-1014?). #Japan #Kyoto #京都

In the language of flowers 'murasaki-shikibu' symbolises elegance. At this time of year a very similar plant called 'komurasaki' (コムラサキ 'purple beautyberry'/'early amethyst') appears. Many people mistake this for 'murasaki-shikibu', but they are slightly different🙄😮‍💨 #Japan #紫式部 #Kyoto

Look at this beautyberry bonsai!🥰💜 #ムラサキシキブ #コムラサキ #Japan #beautyberry #bonsai #盆栽 #Kyoto #京都

Happy weekend from Japan! ☀️ This morning on my website, I’d like to share a peaceful image of stone Buddhas surrounded by an undulating andscape of moss at Sanzen-in Temple in Ohara, north of Kyoto. URL: https://www.norbertwoehnl.com/3mvbsvlfexs2v #photography #naturephotography #fotografie #japanesetemple #website #photoblog #atprotocol #japan #kyoto #photographersofmastodon

Internet disruption detected in Kyoto, Japan — Significant Disruption — ongoing since 2026-09-03 07:50 UTC (source: IODA). https://partially.online/?country=JP #PartialyOnline #Japan #Kyoto #Disruption

Despite what my body is telling me, we are now in a micro-season called 'Manageable Heat' (処暑 'Shosho'). From tomorrow the traditional calendar promises us that 'heat starts to die down' (天地始粛 'tenchi hajimete samushi' - August 28th to September 1st)...let's see🤔 #Kyoto #microseasons #処暑 #summer

This beautiful waterwheel and pond belongs to Yamanaka Abura-ten (山中油店), an 'oil shop' first established between 1818-29. In the Heian period the original imperial palace's 'one book store' (一本御書所 'Ippon-no-Goshodokoro') would have stood here. #waterwheel #Kyoto

📿TEMPLE OF TEAHOUSES🍵 Ryōgen-in's (龍源院) 'Tōtekiko' (東滴壺) is considered by many to be the smallest rock garden in Japan. Designed in 1958 by Nabeshima Gakushō (鍋島岳生), it was inspired by the zen saying "the harder a stone is thrown in, the bigger the ripples". #Kyoto

The Thirty-Three Halls of the Buddha Shrine, Kyoto, c.1910s - Postcard https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/the-thirty-three-halls-of-the-buddha-shrine-kyoto-c-1910s-postcard-244998961.htm #Kyoto #京都 #SanjūsangenDō #三十三間堂

今朝の散歩(その2): 吉水辨財天女堂(円山弁天堂) 円山公園の最奥の外縁にある祠。少し離れた安養寺の飛び地境内らしい。 境内にはムクゲが咲いていた。 #photography #flowers #Kyoto #マストドン写真部

Japanners in kimono in het Maruyamapark op Nieuwjaarsdag, Kioto, Ed van der Elsken, 1960 #Japanners #Nieuwjaarsdag #Kioto #EdvanderElsken #Japanese #second #first #Japan #NewYear #Kyoto #fotografie #photography #EdVanDerElsken #EdvanderElskenhttp://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-F-2019-298-46-63

2) A PRIZED PILLAR🪧 The Sekka-tei (夕佳亭) teahouse has a pillar made from nanten (南天 'Nandina domestica'). 'Heavenly bamboo' is a very slow growing shrub, so to have a piece of wood large enough to act as pillar is extremely rare and thus considered priceless. #Kyoto #京都

autumn deepens- camphor wood ceiling eight mats wide at Kinkaku-ji 秋ふるや楠八畳の金閣寺 -Yosa no Buson (与謝蕪村 1716-84). The original ceiling was lost to fire in 1950, and replacing the single span of camphor wood proved impossible. #Kyoto #京都 #Kinkakuji #金閣寺 #Japan

The pavilion's newly installed fire alarm was not working at the time😩 After failing to kill himself, Yōken (林養賢) was caught and imprisoned. The incident became inspiration for Mishima Yukio's (三島由紀夫 1925-70) book 'The Temple of the Golden Pavilion'. #Kyoto #京都 #金閣寺