秋のコスモスとお寺の塔

お寺の塔と紅葉

鎌倉のお寺を散策中に見つけたモミジ🍁

コスモスとお寺の塔

Just a smaller post today. A photo that I took in Asakusa before the pandemic broke out. I remember eating some delicious ramen in the area as well. Hoping that everything returns back to normal by new years. Would love to visit Sensoji Temple this year if possible. Or at least some other shrine within range for Hatsumode. I still need to climb Mt. Fuji as well, but maybe in a couple more years. As long as I do it before I can't walk anymore lol

日本の秋。
柳谷観音さんの紅葉の手水舎。
彩りの違う紅葉を集め、来る人々の目を楽しませる趣向は、日本人ならではのおもてなしの心そのものだと感動した瞬間でした。

Some more photos I took at Todaiji Temple. The first statue is of Vaisravana 多聞天/毘沙門天, another of the Four Heavenly Kings, holding a staff and some sort of small pagoda,. The second statue is Cintamanicakra 如意輪観音, a bodhisattva. The third photo is a unfortunately poor quality photo of Vairocana, the Cosmic Buddha from my understanding. The rest of the photos are models of Todaiji's Great Buddha Hall from 800 and 300 years ago, and Nandai-mon, the Great South Gate. The pagoda is, from my understanding, a replica of one of the lost pagodas that used to be located at Todaiji Temple, but I believe was burnt down? I could be wrong about that though. Then last is a photo of the heads of Virudhaka 増長天left, and Dhrtarastra 持国天right, two of the Four Heavenly Kings. Lots of cool stuff to be seen at Todaiji! Definitely recommend it. My photos don't do it justice at all.

I found some photos of when I visited Todaiji Temple. I took a photo of the bronze lantern out front of the temple because I thought it looked really cool, but it's pretty crazy to think that the lantern is around 1,300 years old at this point. I also took some photos of a few of the statues inside the temple, the first being Akasagarbha 虚空蔵菩薩, one of the Eight Great Bodhisattva, and the second which took me forever to find the name of... being Virupaksa 広目天, one of the Four Heavenly Kings. I'm not sure what Virupaksa is made of but I think this statue is made of wood, although I could be wrong. It looks like a different material from the other statues inside the temple, although it's been quite a while since I visited and I can't recall exactly. All the statues are really awesome though. I'll have to upload some more photos later!

思わず見惚れてしまう美しさでした

Wow, there's so many awesome photos being posted today. I don't have any autumn related photos to share myself, unfortunately lol. I did take a photo of a building near Tokyo Tower though. I'm not sure what the name is, I didn't get the chance to look and then kanji are too small for me to read in this photo, but it reminded me of Todaiji in Nara prefecture. I think it's related to a temple or maybe a shrine, I'm not sure. The building seemed really massive though, and the people walking in front of it looked like ants lol. If anyone knows the name of this building I'd appreciate it if you told me! I'd like to go back to Nara actually this fall and see all the temples and deer again and even take some photos of the autumn leaves but I'm not sure I'll get the chance to do so unfortunately. I guess I'll just be living vicariously through everyone else's photos for the time being!

=秋の雨降る苔寺「西芳寺」=
夢窓国師による日本で最初の枯山水がある事でも有名な西方寺。朝方に写経を行った後に庭園をゆっくり周回できます。
全面にわたる苔は庭師が手入れを欠かさず苔の上にかかる紅葉も丁寧に取り除いておりました。
当日は小雨の降り頻る朝でありました為、薄暗い景色の中に生える赤と緑、聞こえる音などが非常に素晴らしくまた行きたいなと感じました。

京都府
柳谷観音
紅葉のグラデーション

Lots of awesome photos being posted today. It's kind of making me jealous with how beautiful they all are. I went for a walk today and took a picture somewhere along the Arakawa River. I'll have to try and walk it all the way to Kitasenju someday lol. That or maybe take it all the way to Chichibu in Saitama. I know it's a really long river. I don't think I could make it that far though sadly. Kind of disappointed that summer is basically over already but at the same time I'm excited for the autumn colors this fall. Hopefully I can get out and visit some temples and shrines out in the countryside or something. I saw some photos like that mostly in Kyoto but I'm sure there are some places nearby Tokyo or in the Kanto region in general where I can see some nice scenery. If not then I'll just have to go somewhere and find it!

夏の仏様 緑深き中に仏様（世田谷区九品仏）

夏の九品仏（世田谷区） 緑の中に佇む九品仏がとても美しかったです。

大人も恋する、京都です。
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建仁寺。
潮音庭（ちょうおんてい）。
青紅葉の庭に吸い込まれていく二人でした。

祇園からほど近く歩いて５分ほどの場所にある建仁寺。
京情緒あふれる祇園の真ん中に位置し、京都最古と伝わる禅寺です。
境内いたる所に楓が植えられていますが、一番の見どころは潮音庭（ちょうおんてい）と呼ばれる中庭。
写真を撮った時はおりしも雨。静かに雨降る中庭をじっと眺める、ひと組の親子に出会いました。

毎日蒸し暑い日が続いて、汗ばみがちな夏。大原三千院の参道を勝林寺方面へ歩いて行くと朱色の橋が見えてきます。青紅葉の中にかかる橋は本当に印象的でした。近づくにつれ、マイナスイオン たっぷりのこの場所はまさにパワースポットです。

「岡山県 化生寺の河津桜」

岡山県真庭市の化生寺と河津桜🌸
地元の人もあまり知らない穴場スポット
知ってほしいけど知ってほしくないお気に入りのスポット。真庭市には歴史的なスポットがたくさんあるのでコロナが落ち着きましたらぜひ一度お越し下さい😁

北鎌倉の明月院 裏庭からの様子です。

暑い日本の気温を紅葉の日陰が癒してくれます、
清涼感があるその先には佇まいのある本堂が見えます。

コロナが収束し、日本に来られた際には是非本堂正面からの丸窓の写真を撮るのを楽しみにされてみてはいかがでしょうか？

高野山 金剛峯寺。コロナが明けたらまた行きたい。

松戸市にある本土寺、四季によって様々な姿を見せてくれるとのことなので、紅葉のシーズンに是非行きたいなぁ。
お寺ではコロナ終息を願ってきました。
皆さんの日本全国色んな場所の写真がたくさん見れるようになるといいなぁ。

庭園の苔。
何か舞台が始まりそう

アフターコロナで訪ねたい日本の場所

菜の花畑備中国分寺五重塔の夜景

岡山県にて
２０２１.３

The stillness
Permeating the rocks
cicadas’ trill

What a beautiful photo! It actually reminded me of the Takeda Castle Ruins. All of the amazing autumn foliage and the sea of clouds in the area. Dang it, now I have to come here in two different seasons lol! I already knew the cherry blossoms were amazing on Mt. Yoshino but now I have to see the autumn foliage as well and hopefully the sea of clouds along with it. I love that you can see Kinpusenji Temple as well. I guess it's a World Heritage Site and I'd love to see it. I wonder if there are any nice inns up here as well. It'd be an amazing experience to stay the night up on the mountain after sightseeing in the area with all the natural scenery and the temple and then have some kaiseki cuisine at a nearby inn... But now I'm just getting myself excited and hungry haha. I'll have to do a bit more research later!

人で溢れた浅草寺。初詣、撮影時何気なく振り返りボタンを押しました。毎年参拝していました。人が多くて煩わしいと思っていましたが今となってはこの混み様を美しく感じます。いつかまたこの景色が見れたら嬉しいです。

Wow, what a breathtaking view. It really does look just like a mirror, it's incredible how perfect the reflection is. I really love the green as well, it's such a brilliant shade it really gives you the feeling of the rich, verdant countryside. I've had a love of rice fields since before I can remember, just because they look so beautiful and you can really appreciate the technology of humankind through them. I've never seen the rice fields in Kyoto to be honest, only the temples and shrines, which isn't exactly unfortunate, but I would really like to get out into the countryside as well. This reminds me so much of Akita as well and I only have fond memories of my time there. Going to have to throw the rice fields of Kyoto on my list for my next visit. On a bit of a tangent, it's pretty amazing you can take photos like this on cell phones now. Incredible how far we've come.