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A slow afternoon, Takahashi, Japan

In the fall of 2008, I visited my cousin and his family in Hiroshima, Japan. I stayed for about a week, and in that time we went both to Miyajima and to Takahashi. It was the first time I had been in a private automobile in Japan, and it was interesting to drive along the highways. It was a part of Japan I hadn't yet seen. Later in the same trip, I went to visit the I.M. Pei-designed Miho Museum, outside of Kyoto, and spent some time on a bus. Otherwise, I travelled primarily by train. I love the JR pass.

Takahashi was a pleasant town, with a canal running through the middle of the historic area. While waiting for my cousin and his family to finish browsing a certain store, I spied this woman reading by the water. It was a slow afternoon. I knelt and took this picture.