Recording summary · July 2019
[2019-07-28] Climbing a mountain in Kyoto [kSEFXZ9J9mk]
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Overview
Observations in Kyoto include hot weather, a train station resembling a large hole in the ground, a view of a helicopter landing pad, and a Snoopy lunchbox priced at 25 dollars.
Climbing Mount Inari requires physical effort on a mountain staircase, leading past red gates, spiders, stick insects, waterfalls flowing into plastic buckets, and signs or spikes prohibiting sitting, alongside warnings against feeding or making eye contact with monkeys.
Activity on Mount Inari includes reaching the summit, shop owners objecting to filming, people praying, the smell of smoke, spotting cats, and hearing a horn.
A fortune-telling service on the mountain is alleged to be Japanese only, with foreigners not allowed.
Themes
Kyoto sights, architecture, and weather conditions.
The ascent, wildlife, and physical conditions on Mount Inari.
Trail regulations, visitor behaviors, and interactions with shop owners.
Alleged nationality restrictions at a mountain fortune-telling service.
The summit of Mount Inari and the red torii gates.
Developments
A visitor climbs the staircase of Mount Inari and sustains a bug bite.
A visitor reaches the summit of Mount Inari.
An individual blows a horn on the mountain.
Uncertainties & gaps
The meaning and purpose of the numerous red gates along the path are unclear.
The reason an individual is blowing a horn remains unexplained.
How the mountain staircase was constructed is questioned.