My favorite work in the garden – climbing & pruning trees. One needs muscles, brain, balance and courage. A work that is thrilling and relaxing at the same time. Yesterday was the first time I was allowed to climb a tree in Kodai-ji. Some of the branches we took of were the size of a young tree themselves. I was glad I wore my new Jika-Tabi with more grip and a snug fit, these shoes are really perfect for climbing around in trees.
Never look down
Cutting back these nasty upright branches
Once we took off some branches, we could see Kyoto and a fresh breeze of air now and then made the work less tiring
90 Days in Kyoto 
Oh, I love that too!
Really have to buy Tabi soon…
Last week we had to cut down Matebashii at Tajima-danchi to 5m height. Some of them were already about 7m high, so we had to reshape the whole tree.
Was a lot of fun, but also hard work.
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I think I remember that genba. A lot of Machiya-san’s explanations came back yesterday when I was pruning the tree.
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