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St Joseph's R. C. Church, Dinnington. Christian churches have Mothering Sunday half way through Lent as a break from Lenten abstinence and is the only day we have flowers in church during Lent. We do not worship Mary but pay devotion to her as the mother of Our Lord.
Walking the course that winds into the trees behind Kinkakuji, behind giftshops and coffee stalls - the real places of devotion in Modern Japan - you can still find some of the purpose of this venerable place. At one point, using it as his retirement home, the Shogun chose this place for its peace, its tranquility and because it was imbued with calm - the calm of smoke swirling from incense in an autumn breeze.
Going away to Vietnam for two weeks, so I am bucking my usual 1-photo-per-(4)-days style. Thanks for looking - please comment if you have time, and most of all Happy Christmas.