Was nice weather over the weekend so I did a little exploring.

Found this nice little temple near the Sumida River called Hozoin Temple 寳蔵院 in Arakawa.
I wasn't sure where exactly I was allowed to go inside the temple, and I didn't have much time anyways, so I just took a peak through the gates and snapped a photo.
It was a really quaint place and apparently it has some landscape paintings and itabi tablets.
From what I saw, it looked like there was a garden across the ground.
Maybe a rock garden or something of the sort, I wasn't able to get a good look at it though.
The area around the temple was the hunting grounds of the Tokugawa Shogunate as well it seems.
Pretty amazing to imagine there was enough greenery in the area to hunt in the past.

Also managed to stop by a nice udon/soba restaurant for lunch.
It was called Sunaba 砂場 I believe.
I ordered the kamo duck nanban udon and it tasted great.
Haven't had duck in a while, but it's always a treat.
The lady taking orders was really nice as well.
Overall a great place!

建仁寺の双龍図は圧巻！

京都の壬生寺

【English／日本語】
These are cherry blossoms at Shinshoin, a temple in Nishi-Hachioji. This temple was opened by the daughter of the famous warlord "Shingen Takeda". Unlike ordinary temples, it is very gorgeous with feminine decorations. Our school goes to visit it once a year. Before the visit, students learn in class about the tragic love story for which this temple was built. There are many historical buildings near the school. It can be said that Nishi-Hachioji is a very good environment for studying Japanese language.

西八王子にあるお寺「信松院」の桜です。このお寺は有名な武将である『武田信玄の娘』が開きました。普通のお寺とは違い、女性らしさを感じる装飾があり、とても華やかです。本校では1年に1回見学に行きます。見学の前に学生たちは授業でこの寺が建てられた悲恋の物語を学びます。学校の近くには歴史的な建物がたくさんあります。西八王子は日本語を学ぶ環境としてとても優れていると言えます。

成田の宗吾霊堂は静かな桜の名所

三木市伽耶院にある紫陽花
森の中の少女風に娘を撮影しここの紫陽花は数が多いので何処で撮影しても絵になります

三木市伽耶院にある紫陽花
森の中の少女風に娘を撮影しここの紫陽花は数が多いので何処で撮影しても絵になります

成田山新勝寺で撮影しました。

日本の十円玉になっている平等院鳳凰堂。2019年以来行けていないですが、いつ見返しても美しいです。
観光客も多く流れていく中でササッと撮らないといけない状況でしたが、三日月を含め良い画角で収めれたと思います！

成田山新勝寺にて撮影しました。📸初詣のときに敷地内にある五重の塔の造形美に惹かれて撮影。1500年の歴史を垣間見ることができました。

過去から現在まで人間が作った物も
自然もいいものは全て
未来に残していけたらいいな☺️

初めて上まで登れた金比羅山!!
めっちゃ筋肉痛で痛いけど
登れて良かったなー😁
リベンジ成功✌️😆

Decided to donate some clothes I wasn't wearing anymore over the weekend so I decided to go to the Second Street in Minami-Senju.

Managed to find some cool stuff along the way.
I was walking from Minowabashi and saw this nice looking temple, apparently called Koshunin 公春院.
It was a really lovely spot and I would have liked to take more photos but I had some luggage with me and also wanted to avoid taking any photos of the tombstones as I thought it might be rude.
It seems the temple focus on memorial services though and looked like a nice place.

The next spot I came across was just a really small shrine that seemed so randomly placed that I wanted to take a picture of it.
There wasn't much space inside the shrine are so it was quite difficult to get a decent photo, but I did the best that I could and tried to take a photo from the side street next to it which was also incredibly narrow lol.

The last thing I ended up finding was a statue of Matsuo Basho!
I'd not been to Minami-Senju as I've never really had a reason to go there, but I saw the statue from the corner of my eye and thought "Hmm I wonder if that's Basho" and sure enough it was.
It even has "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" 奥の細道 written below it.
Also, apparently there is debate about which "Senju" he started at Adachi or Arakawa, so this is one of the statues depicting the place where he started his journey!

It ended up being a pretty interesting walk.
I'd like to visit the area again as there was a ton of cool stuff.

初詣 at 明治神宮

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雪降る明治神宮より。

Camera: canon eos40d
Lens: TAMRON XR Di II

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日本の行事 浅草寺

Nakamise dori avenue in Sensoji temple. The avenue is well decorated for the new years eve.

宮城県松島にある寺院で撮影しました。
雪の中、参拝する姿に日本を感じていただけると幸いです。

【平等院鳳凰堂】
たまにはモノクロ

清水の舞台から眺める景色もまた良き。

【清水寺】
ライトアップ。

【秋色階段】
まっすぐ伸びた階段の上には綺麗にライトアップされた紅葉が輝いていました。
もう少しでライトアップの時間も終わり、階段には写真を撮る人でごった返していたが、人が少なくなった瞬間を待ち切り撮りました。

【東寺ライトアップ】
とっても綺麗なライトアップでした。
時間がなく
ゆっくり撮れなかったのが
残念です〜。

初めての京都
定番の清水寺です
紅葉がめっちゃ赤かった

宗吾霊堂境内のサザンカ

岐阜市を代表する金華山の麓の三重塔と雪景色を撮影しました。

岡山県の吉備津神社の誰もいないこの道は吸い込まれそうな程
不思議な感覚に陥るのは何故だろう🤔
ゆっくり歩いてる人、ジョギングしてる人、ウォーキングしてる人
色々おるけどみんな気持ち軽そうに見えた😆
神聖な道なんだろなー😊

緑から赤へ
季節の移ろい

成田山公園 照る紅葉のグラデーション