Kurama

20 April 2017

We visit the main buildings on Mt Kurama and stop at Myotozan Myomanji Temple on the way back.

Welcome to Tengu Village	End of the pilgramage	!000 cranes	Shaga - Iris japonica commonly known as fringed iris
Camellia	Maple, pines & mountains	Cherry tree	Taho-to Pagoda
Wildflowers	New maple leaves	Cherry	Widflowers
Shaga - Iris japonica commonly known as fringed iris	Walkway	Wildflower	Cherry
Double cherry	Maple	Maple, pines & mountains	Fountain
Hill & base of wall covered in ayame	Akai goho zenjin sya - Hall for the red protector of Buddha	Cherries and roof tiles	Temple bonsai
Screen inside the doorway	Temple flower arrangement	Lanterns	Lanterns and double cherries
Cherries & maple	Noh stage	Lanterns	Fallen camellias
Bell ringer...	Tea house	Double cherries	Camellia
Maple with distant cherries	Lanterns	Through the doorway of Komyoshin-den (another side temple)	Balcony garden
Maple and roof tiles	Double cherries	Perspective	Jack in the Pulpit
Guard tiger	Roof line	Wildflowers	Shaga - Iris japonica commonly known as fringed iris
Moss covered shake roof	Walkway	Mountain laurel?	Wildflowers
Wildflower	Yamabuki - kerria japonica	Yamabuke - kerria japonica	Yamabuke - kerria japonica
Stone wall	Cherry	Cherry	Taho-to Pagoda
By the daycare center	Nabeyaki udon -- Noodles and things in a hot chicken broth	Magnolia	Rhododendron
School boys on the train	Cherry in front of Myotozan Myomanji Temple	Entrance	In the temple
Through a doorway	Yuki no niwa -- The Snow Garden (so called because on a clear day you can see the snow covered Mt Hiei)	Yuki no niwa -- The Snow Garden (so called because on a clear day you can see the snow covered Mt Hiei)	Fountain
Zabuton	Zabuton	Incense burner	Sakyamuni Buddha
Walkway	Tample courtyard	Thourhg the main gate	Azalea Garden
Azalea	Fallen cherries	Red dogwood	Kikumomo -- literally chrysanthemum plum, botanical name: prunus persica stellata

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