Roger's Pictures

Ohara & Fushimi Inari Taisha

9 October 2023

We set out for a favorite small town of Ohara to the northeast of Kyoto. From the bus stop it's a gradual walk uphill to several temples set by a small farming town. Our first stop was the temple complex Sanzen-in with its large strolling garden. Next was Hosen-in with its historic views of Bankan-en garden featuring a 700 year old pine tree. Unfortunately it looks like it was hit by lightening and a large part has been removed... From there we crossed Kyoto to see a special illumination of about 1000 torii gates on the lower slopes behind Fushimi Inari Taisha.

roadside Jizo	Ohara Woman's Path	old door	roofs	small garden in Sanzen-in Monzeki
small garden in Sanzen-in Monzeki	ikebana in Sanzen-in Monzeki	Shuheki-en Garden in Sanzen-in Monzeki	fountain in Shuheki-en Garden in Sanzen-in Monzeki	Shuheki-en Garden in Sanzen-in Monzeki
fountains in Sanzen-in Monzeki	though a window in Sanzen-in Monzeki	in Sanzen-in Monzeki	in Sanzen-in Monzeki	fortune slips
Shuheki-en Garden in Sanzen-in Monzeki	Shuheki-en Garden in Sanzen-in Monzeki	Shuheki-en Garden in Sanzen-in Monzeki	Shuheki-en Garden in Sanzen-in Monzeki	Jizo
Shuheki-en Garden in Sanzen-in Monzeki	Jizo		hints of fall color	Jizo
sream	Jizo	Jizo	Hall of Golden Acalanatha	Shuheki-en Garden in Sanzen-in Monzeki
sketch break...	toad lily	Amida Hall	hints of fall color	fallen leaf
tiny fungus	moth	Shuheki-en Garden in Sanzen-in Monzeki	throroughwort (a type of boneset)	Hosen-in
ikebana in Hosen-in	fountain	matcha tea and mochi with adzuki beans	700 year old pine tree at Hosen-in	Hosen-in
Hosen-in	Hosen-in	Hosen-in	fountain	ikebana in Hosen-in
Fudo-myoo	700 year old pine tree at Hosen-in from the other side...	Horaku-en	do not enter here	Horaku-en
Horaku-en	Horaku-en	Horaku-en	maple leaves	roadside Jizo
grasses	a pelt noren for a leather goods shop	Fushimi Inari Taisha - across from the train station	Fushimi Inari Taisha - main gate	Fushimi Inari Taisha
Fox statue	Fushimi Inari Taisha - illuminated torii gates	Fushimi Inari Taisha - illuminated torii gates	Fushimi Inari Taisha - illuminated torii gates	Fushimi Inari Taisha - illuminated torii gates
Fushimi Inari Taisha - illuminated torii gates	Fushimi Inari Taisha - illuminated torii gates	Fushimi Inari Taisha - illuminated torii gates	Fushimi Inari Taisha - illuminated torii gates	not quite dominoes...
Fushimi Inari Taisha - illuminated torii gates	fox-face-shaped prayer boards	fox-face-shaped prayer boards	fox-face-shaped prayer boards	fox-face-shaped prayer boards
Fushimi Inari Taisha - illuminated torii gates	Fushimi Inari Taisha - illuminated torii gates	Fushimi Inari Taisha - illuminated torii gates	bridge	small shrine
torri-gate-shaped prayer boards	lanterns	side building	snacks	train platform

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