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Location : Tonomine Plateau , Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
砥峰高原
This scenery takes me back my chilhood days...
A view of Hozu- kyo ( the valley of Hozu) from Arashiyama-Takao Road
Fortunately I could see a trroco train going on a bridge :)
location : Arashiyama Takao Parkway ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
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location :Genko-an temple,Kyoto city,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
Genko-an temple ,formal title is Yohozan Hojyurin Genko-an,is located in the Takagamine district in northwestern Kyoto. It was founded by Tatsu'o Giko,the second abbot of Daitokuji Monastery ,of the Rinzai school of Zen,in1346,and used as his retirement hermitage.
The hondo( main hall)was built by Seika Koji, a carpenter from Kaga,in 1694.Shakamuni Buddha,along with two his disciples is enshrined here.
To the right of hondo,there are two famous windows,one round,one square. They are called satorino mado and mayoino mado respectavely.
Satorino mado( the window of Realization) is round,implying Zen maturity,completeness and enlightenment,while mayoi no mado(The window of Delusion ) is square,implying confusion,ignorance,and immaturity ,or the life of samsara.that is a life of human suffering.- Genko-an
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A Bokusaiga- painting in my photography- 墨彩画の世界
location : Kyoyochi Pond ,Ryoanji temple ,UNESCO World Heritage Site , Kyoto city , Kyoto Prefecture ,Japan
京都 龍安寺 鏡容池
Kyoyochi means "Mirror shaped" in Japanese
Kyoyochi Pond located on the left of the precincts is a kind of the Chisen Kaiyu style garden 池泉回遊式庭園 ,a style of Japanese garden with a path around a central pond.
This pond was made in the late 12th century,and has been very famous for the beauty of lotuses and mandarin ducks since then.
location : Rokuonji-temple ( Kinkaku) Kyoto-city,Kyoto prefecture, Japan
京都 鹿苑寺 金閣
Kinkaku(The Golden Pavilion)is a shariden,a Buddhist hall containing relics of Buddha.The pavilion is a part of a temple that is formally named Rokuon-ji( 鹿苑寺）,but commonly called Kinkakuji-Temple（金閣寺）,or Temple of Golden Pavilion.Rokuon-ji is a Zen Buddhist temple,in the Shokokuji School of the Rinzai Sect(臨済宗相国寺派）
This area was originally the site of a villa called Kitayama-dai( 北山第）and owned by statesman,Saionji Kintsune( 西園寺公経）. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu,the 3rd Shogun)(三代将軍足利義満) of the Muromachi piriod( 室町時代),took a liking to the area and acquired it from the Saionji family in 1937.He then build his own villa,which he named Kitayama-den( 北山殿)
The garden and buildings,centered on the Golden Pavilion,were said to represent the Pure Land of Buddha in the world(極楽浄土).The villa also functioned as an official guesthouse,welcoming Emperor Gokomatsu-Father of Zen teacher,Ikkyu-( 一休禅師の父後小松天皇)and other members of the nobility.Trade with China prospered during the Muromachi period, and the villa reached its height of glory as the heart of what become known as Kitayama Culture( 北山文化).
After Yoshimitsu died,in keeping with his will,the villa was converted into a temple be the priest Muso-kokjshi( 夢窓国師),who become the first abbot(開山:最初の住職).The temple's name ,Rokuon-ji,was derived from the name Yoshimitsu was given for the next world,Rokuon-in-den.
In 1994,Rokuon-ji Temple was registered as a World Cultural Heritage Site. - www.kinkaku-ji.or.jp
location : Kyoyochi Pond ,Ryoanji temple ,UNESCO World Heritage Site , Kyoto city , Kyoto Prefecture ,Japan
京都 龍安寺 鏡容池
Kyoyochi means "Mirror shaped" in Japanese
Kyoyochi Pond located on the left of the precincts is a kind of the Chisen Kaiyu style garden 池泉回遊式庭園 ,a style of Japanese garden with a path around a central pond.
This pond was made in the late 12th century,and has been very famous for the beauty of lotuses and mandarin ducks since then.
location : Kyoyochi Pond ,Ryoanji temple ,UNESCO World Heritage Site , Kyoto city , Kyoto Prefecture ,Japan
京都 龍安寺 鏡容池
Kyoyochi means "Mirror shaped" in Japanese
Kyoyochi Pond located on the left of the precincts is a kind of the Chisen Kaiyu style garden 池泉回遊式庭園 ,a style of Japanese garden with a path around a central pond.
This pond was made in the late 12th century,and has been very famous for the beauty of lotuses and mandarin ducks since then.
location : Gio-ji Temple ,Kyoto city Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
京都 奥嵯峨 -「平家物語」悲恋の尼寺- 祇王寺
Gio-ji temple of Shingon Buddhist sect,formerly known as Ojo-in,is said to have been founded by Nembutsubo Ryochin, a disciple of Priest Hone. Later it came to be Gio-ji.
The mani building, reconstructed in 1895,enshrines the statue of Buddha Dainishi, who symbolizes oneness with the universe. There is also a statue of Tairano Kiyomori 平清盛, a chieftain of the Taira clan in the 12th century,and four statues of nuns including Gio 祇王,a great beaty who had renounced the world while still young after she had lost favor with Kiyomori.
In the precinct,there stands a pagoda which is said to be the grave of Gio and her sister,and another pagoda dedicated to Kiyomori.* ( on the left side of this picuture )
- Kyoto city office
location : Kajuji Temple , Himuro-no-ike pond ( Kaju-ji Hyochi-en)
Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Kajuji Temple (勧修寺) , founded in 900AD,by Emperor Daigo ,has over one thousand years of history. The garden ,known as the "Kaju-ji Hyochi-en"(勧修寺氷池園),has a pond called "Himuro-no-ike(氷室の池)".
The mountains beyond the garden are used as a part of the garden design, giving it a three-dimensional beauty.
In the ancient Heian period( 794-1185), every January 2,the ice which covered the pond of the garden was presented to the imperial court, and the situation of the grain harvest in the coming year was divined by the thickness of the ice. It is therefore one of the most prominent ancient ponds in Kyoto.
- Kajuji Temple
location : Kyoto Yase Ruriko-in temple
Kyoto city,Japan
京都八瀬 瑠璃光院
(岐阜県にある光明寺という小さなお寺の別院の一つです。典型的な観光寺院であり(京都には檀家を持っていない) 元からこの地にあったわけではありません。他に東京や沖縄にも別院があるようです。)
Rurikoin Temple is one of branch temples of Komyo-ji Temple in Gifu Prefecture, and is famous for the beauty of its autumn foliage and fresh greenery in summer, attracting many visitors.
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Lake Biwa ,Shiga Prefecture,Japan
Lake Biwa ( Biwako )
Lake Biwa is Japan's largest lake, which has a total area of approximately 670 ㎢ and a circumference of approximately 235 km. Its average depth is approximately 41 meters and deepest point approximately 104 meters. It supports an abundance of life and industry around the area widely.
It is also regarded as the third oldest ancient lake in the world, after Lake Baikal and LakeTanganyika,and which is calculated at over four million years old. It was designated as a UNESCO Ramsar Wetland(1993) in accordance with the Ramsar Convention.
- Wikipedia
wild iris pond in the woods
Daira-ike Pond , Shiga prefecture,Japan
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location : Lake Biwa
Shiga prefecture,Japan
Lake Biwa is Japan's largest lake, which has a total area of approximately 670 ㎢ and a circumference of approximately 235 km. Its average depth is approximately 41 meters and deepest point approximately 104 meters. It supports an abundance of life and industry around the area widely.
It is also regarded as the third oldest ancient lake in the world, after Lake Baikal and LakeTanganyika,and which is calculated at over four million years old. It was designated as a UNESCO Ramsar Wetland(1993) in accordance with the Ramsar Convention.
- Wikipedia
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and I lost you...
location : Higashi Chaya District( Higashi Chayagai), Kanazawa city, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
金沢 東茶屋街 お茶屋茶室
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Ruriko-in temple gate
京都 八瀬 瑠璃光院
location:Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
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wild iris pond in the woods
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common reed
location : Lake Biwa
Reed colonies on the shore form give Lake Biwa its characteristic scenery. The reeds play an important role in purifying water as well as providing habitat for birds and fish. At one time there were large areas of reeds along the shores of Lake Biwa, which local government surveys recently found to have halved in size due to encroaching development. This Shiga Ordinance for the Conservation of Reed Vegetation Zones to protect, grow, and utilize the reed beds has been in force since 1992. - wikipedia
大雪山系 黒岳
location : near 8th station of Mt. Kurodake ( Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group ) Daisetsuzan National Park
Kamikawa-cho, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
The weather is highly changeable in this season..., so today( September 29,2015 ) the first snow has fallen on the 1,984m peak of this mountain...!!
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-大雪山系 Daisetsu-zankei-
Biome
alpine climate
Type of rock
volcanic
The Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group (大雪山系 Daisetsu-zankei, also called Taisetsu-zan) is a volcanic group of peaks arranged around the 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide Ohachi-Daira (御鉢平 Ohachi-daira) caldera in Hokkaidō, Japan. In the Ainu language it is known as Nutapukaushipe or Nutaku Kamushupe. These peaks are the highest in Hokkaidō. The group lends its name to the Daisetsuzan National Park in which the volcanic group is located.
-Wikipedia
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location: Disen-Oki National Park,Tottori Prefecture,Japan
Daisen-Oki National Park (大山隠岐国立公園 Daisen Oki Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in the Chūgoku region, Honshū, Japan, and spans the prefectures of Okayama, Shimane, and Tottori. Mount Daisen is the focus of the park, which also includes the volcanic mountains and plains of Hiruzen, Mount Kenashi, Mount Sanbe, and Mount Hōbutsu. The Izumo Plain region of the park is home to the oldest Shinto shrine in Japan, the Izumo-taisha. The Oki Islands are also an important component of the park. The park was established in 1936 as Daisen National Park (Daisen Kokuritsu Kōen), but was expanded and renamed in 1961 to include the Oki Islands and Shimane Prefecture areas. -Wikipedia
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Zen Practice Room – Shicchu 室中
locatiion : Daitokuji Temple Ryogenin, Kyoto city , Kyoro Prefecture,Japan
大徳寺 龍源院 方丈
Located in the centre of Hojo*,this is where the resistant abbot expounded on the Dharma principles of Zen Buddhism,or gave Dahma talks.
At times, ceremonies and the memorials were held here as well.
The inner area is called the Shinzen 真前（Front of the Truth）,and images of Masters Linji and Tokei,along with other objects,are enshrined here.
We attend to them as if they are still live here, and we hold fast to the first teaching of Zen Buddhism,Ho-on Sha-toku 報恩謝得( display gratitude for the kindness and virtue shown to us)
The illustration of the dragons and waves on the sliding partitions are in the Nanga Style南画(painting of Chinese landscape s by Japanese literati) from the early Edo period( early 17th century),but the identity of the artist is unknown.
- Ryogen-in
Hojo ( abbot's quarters) - constracted in 1502,during the Muromachi period .
a wash-basin( garden decorations ) placed in Honen-in Garden
location : Kyoto Honen-in ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture , Japan
京都 東山鹿ヶ谷 法然院
When I found this, I felt happy because I could notice the 'おもてなしの心'- a kind of warm hospitality of the chief priest :)
Have a wonderful weekend...*** :)
location : Woodland at Raigoin Temple , Kyoto city ,Japan
天台声明の地 大原魚山 来迎院
Raigo-in Temple which belongs to the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism was founded by Ennin (慈覚大師円仁794～894） as a place for the practice of shomyo(声明 the chanting of Buddhist hymns) during the early Heian period.
So this temple is called Gyozan as the temple's title, having been named after Gyozan, the birthplace of Shomyo in China.
The chanting is still held in this hall. ...and we can hear atmospheric sounds in a profound silence..
www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/kyoto/ohara.html
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location: Lake Biwa
view from Biwako Ohashi Bridge
Summer sunrise
Date and Time (Original) - 2015:07:12 05:19
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Ruriko-in temple gate
京都 八瀬 瑠璃光院
location:Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Date and Time (Original) - 2016:05:23 17:24
This river flows into the Lake Biwa
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More than 120 rivers flow into Lake Biwa, but the river flowing out from this lake is only Seta-River ,which flows out at the southernmost point of the lake.
(The Seta -River runs through Uji city (then the name changes to Uji-River ), runs through Osaka city (the name changes again to Yodo-River.) and finally flows into Osaka Bay. )
湖東三山 金剛輪寺
Old Tea House called Suiunkaku 水雲閣 (The garden was created during the late Edo period)
location : Kongorin-ji temple founded by the Buddhist monk Gyoki 行基 in 741
にじり口がかなり上の方にあるような気がする…(トマソン的な) 茶会の際は、梯子か何かかけるのかな？とちょっと思ってしまいました。
Mt. Daisen - one of the best 100 mountains in Japan
location: Disen-Oki National Park,Tottori Prefecture,Japan
Lake Biwa is Japan's largest lake, which has a total area of approximately 670 ㎢ and a circumference of approximately 235 km. Its average depth is approximately 41 meters and deepest point approximately 104 meters. It supports an abundance of life and industry around the area widely.
It is also regarded as the third oldest ancient lake in the world, after Lake Baikal and LakeTanganyika,and which is calculated at over four million years old. It was designated as a UNESCO Ramsar Wetland(1993) in accordance with the Ramsar Convention.
- Wikipedia
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Date and Time (Original) - 2015:07:21 05:34
location : UNESCO World Heritage Site The Hoo-do (Phoenix Hall)of Byodoin Temple 平等院鳳凰堂, Uji city,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
location :Former Omuro Imperial Palace / World Heritage site Ninnaji Temple ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture Japan
Hokutei (North Garden) viewing from Shinden
Ninna-ji (仁和寺 Ninna-ji) is the head temple of the Omuro school of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. Located in western Kyoto, Japan, it was founded in AD 888 by the retired Emperor Uda. It is part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto", a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ninna-ji was founded in the early Heian period. In 886, Emperor Kōkō ordered the construction of the Nishiyama Goganji Temple to bless the nation and propagate Buddhist teachings, but he did not live to see its completion. Emperor Uda saw the construction to its completion in 888 and named it "Ninna" after the regnal year of the late Emperor Kōkō's reign. From 888 to 1869 it was traditional for reigning Emperors to send a son to the temple to take over as head priest when a vacancy arose.
After retiring from his throne, Emperor Uda became the first Monzeki, or aristocratic priest, of Ninna-ji. From then on until the end of the Edo period, the temple saw a succession of head priests of imperial lineage.
In 1467, the temple was destroyed by fire and fighting in the Ōnin War. It was rebuilt roughly 150 year later, thanks to the eldest son of Emperor Go-Yōzei, Kakushin Hosshinnō, who enlisted the help of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. The resurrection coincided with the rebuilding of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto and thus received imperial funding.
The tradition of having aristocratic or persons of imperial lineage serve as chief of the temple ended with the 30th Monzeki, Junnin Hosshinnō in the late Edo period.
Most of the surviving buildings date from the 17th century, and include a five-story pagoda and an orchard of dwarf cherry trees. The temple itself features some beautifully painted screen walls, and a beautiful walled garden.
- wikipedia
Kyoto Ohara Shorin-in Temple
京都大原 勝林院
This temple holds special night visits now.
The chanting was held in this hall. ...so I could hear atmospheric sounds in a profound silence..
location: Kyoto city , Kyoto prefecture,Japan
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Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
It's like a dream
No end and no beginning
You're here with me it's like a dream.
― Madonna
If I can have you tomorrow, I’d shine…
Have a pleasant day ✰
location : Tateishi Cape ,Tsuruga city, Fukui Prefeture,Japan
Kyoto Fushimi Canal Jikkokubune Boats
京都 伏見 宇治川派流 十石舟
view from Benten Bridge
location : Kyoto Fushimi ward ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
the name Fushimi (which used to be its own "town") originally comes from fusu + mizu, meaning "hidden water" or "underground water". In other words, the location was known for good spring water. The water of Fushimi has particularly soft characteristics, making it an essential component to the particular type of sake brewed in Fushimi. This also explains why the area developed as a sake-brewing center in Kyoto. Today, Fushimi is the second greatest area of Japan in terms of sake production, and is where the sake company Gekkeikan was founded. -wikipedia
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Jikkokubune Boat
Jikkokubune (boat) is a Japanese old -fasioned houseboat to enjoy the scenery of Fushimi town that is very famous for sake breweries. This boat reproduces an old transport boat carrying goods and travelers during the Edo period. - maco-nonch ★R