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Nara

30 June 2026

Despite it being rainy season, we had a beautiful day to visit Nara before Barb's class took up the rest of the week... Visited Yoshikien gardens and the Great Buddha (Daibutsu) in Todaiji.

entrance to an expensive restaurant		hydrangea	Yoshikien main structure	Yoshikien Ikenoniwa (Garden with a Pond)
Yoshikien Ikenoniwa (Garden with a Pond)	Yoshikien Ikenoniwa (Garden with a Pond)	dragonfly	water bugs	by the tea house entrance
tea house lamp	path	old lantern	Yoshikien tea house	Yoshikien tea house
Yoshikien Ikenoniwa (Garden with a Pond)	tourist relaxing	stone lantern in Yoshikien Kokenoniwa (Moss Garden)	hydrangeas	lacecap hydrangea
hydrangeas	hydrangeas in Yoshikien Chabananoniwa (Garden with seasonal flowers for tea ceremony)	approaching Todaiji	Kondo Hakkaku Toro - 8-sided lantern in front of Todaiji	priest and school students
The Great Buddha	pine offering	The Great Buddha with bronze lotus arrangement	Kokuzo Bosatsu (Bodhisattva whose wisdom was as boundless as space itself) sits to left of Daibutsu	detail behind Buddha
Daibutsu	Koumokuten - one of the Four Heavenly Kings aka Guardianof the West	Daibutsu	model of an earlier version of Daibutsuden or the main hal around the Daibutsu (Great Buddha)	Buddha inside one of the models
model of an earlier version of Daibutsuden or the main hal around the Daibutsu (Great Buddha)	Buddha inside one of the models	back of Daibutsu	Daibutsu	Daibutsu's hands
Daibutsu	Daibutsu	bronze lotus arrangement	bronze lotus arrangement	Daibutsu with bronze lotus arrangement
detail behind Buddha	detail behind Buddha	Nyoirin Kannon represents salvation (known as Guanyin in Chinese and usually depicted as a multi-armed goddess of mercy)	Sorin from the top of a 7-storied pagoda in EXPO '70 -- based on one of 2 previously in the Todaiji compound	young deer
young deer	Daibutsuden reflected inTodaiji Kagamiiike (Todaiji Mirror Pond)	station ikebana in Shijo-Karasuma Subway Station