Flower in the Rainy Season

Sky has been covered by cloud for over one week.
Now, Japan is in the rainy season.

Rain makes us depressed.


However, the rainy season is the best season for hydrangea to be seen.

In kyoto, Sanzenin Temple in Ohara and Mimuro-ji temple are famous for this flower.

But....

Fujimori shirine in those pictures is great hidden place.

After crossing the gate, a lot of fully bloomed Hydrangea welcome to tourists.

Also, there are a lot of flowers behind of the main building.

For tourists, the rainy season might not be good time to have sightseeing.

However, there are great events you can enjoy only in this season.

KAWADOKO☆in kamogawa-river

I enjoyed to have a dinner at KAWADOKO in kamogawa-river.
KAWADOKO is which is built deck upper the river.
Kyoto is well known as really hot in summer.

KAWADOKO is really nice to lower the temperature!!!
And an atmosphere is amazing!!! Romantic☆

When you visit to Kyoto in summer, why don't you try to go KAWADOKO?

It must to be a lovely time with your friends or family or boyfriend/girlfriend!!^^

都路里TSUJIRI-green tea parfait!!

This one is 1050YEN! it come with hot Japanese tea!!
It is really really geat!
this shop is near the YASAKA shrine.
It takes a 3min from gion HATANAKA!

When you visit to Gion, Kyoto, I recommend to go this shop!!

On the way to Ohara

Today I introduce about Ohara part Ⅱ.



When I went to Sanzenin Temple which is a famous temple in Ohara, I saw some unique goods on the way to the temple.

At first, these are pickled vegetables which called iced cucumbers!! We can buy that one which make cucumbers cool in the tub. It is not an ice candy but it looks like.....

The second, we can buy pickled vegetables which called iced eggplant also.

It looks like fish however the taste is ........!! If you wonder the taste of those pickled vegetables, please come to Ohara.

Ohara is Fresh green leaves

Ohara is a rural town nestled in the muntains of northern Kyoto about an hour from Kyoto Station. It looked like a short trip even I live in Kyoto because of taking time to getting on a train.
Ohara is best known for Sanzenin Temple.


It is a large temple with a variety of buildings and gardens.

The fresh green moss extend as far as the garden and Japanese cedars were growing up as if they tried to reach to the sky.

Please look at the foot of the tree, you can see a small cute stone statue of Jizo. When I saw him I smiled in spite of myself.

Ohara is surrounded by the beauty of nature. When you will go there, I'm sure that you are deeply impressed with that.

Would you mind coming to Ohara to feel fresh air and see beautiful nature?

Nanzenji Temple☆

Nanzenji was built in 1291.
It takes 30min to get there from Kyoto station by bus.

I found lovely shape of a foof of tile!!!

It's rare this shape!!

I was able to find a another rare tile!!! It's dragon!!! cool !!

What a beautiful scenery.....

quiet....

only hear bird song & sound of wave trees...

I wasn't able to sit this deck><

If I could sit here, I definitelycould expererience ZEN!!!

Though , really really amazing places...

In old time , SAMURAI taked a walk this garden wearing KIMONO....

I can only wonder at the complete peace and serenity this garden...

This natural waterfall looks like dragon-shape.

This bridge was a water supply.

Gorlden Temple☆

Kinkaku( Gorlden Pavilion) is a popular name for one of the main
buildings of this temple, which is properly called Rokuon-ji Temple.

In the 1220's it was the comfortable villa of Kintsune Saionji.

Kinkaku was formally called Shariden. The elegant, harmonious

building consists of three types of architecture.

The first floor is Shinden-zukuri, the palace style. It is named Ho-sui-in.

The second floor is Buke-zukuri, the style of the samurai house and

is called Cho-on-do.

The third floor is Karayo style or Zen temple style. It is called

Kukkyo-cho. Both the second and third floors are covered with

gorlden-leaf on Japanese lacquer.

The roof, upon which the Chinese phoenix settles, is thatched

with shingles.

This huge pine trees is called Rikusyu-no-matsu.

This amazing pine tree is one of the three greatest pine trees in Kyoto.
This is shape of ship.

This classic tea house is called Sekka-tei. In Sekka-tei there is a

celebrated pillar made of a nandin. The house was restoned in 1997.

I found a funny one!!! This is English fortune!!!

Actually , there are a lot of fortunes at temple in Japan ...

But, I have never found non Japanese one.

It's really rare English, Korea, Chinese version!!!

This one is Korean Fortune!!

This one is Chinese fortune!!

When you visit here in Gorlden temple, please try the fortune!!!

Ryoanji Temple☆

A simple rock garden, consisting only of white sand and fifteen rocks,
laid out at the end of the 15th century, is acknowledged to be one
of the masterpieces of Japanese culture.

Its simple beauty will inspire philosophical meditation.

It is wisteria flowers. SOOOO beautiful & smell was amazing!!!!

Kyoyochi Pond

The pond was made in the late twelfth century. Until recent years

many mandarin ducks were to be seen on the pond.

Hence the Ryoanji was generally known as Oshidoridera.

The temple of mandarin ducks.

The water wells out from around the two rocks in the south.

On the islet named Bentenjima is a hall, in which an image

of Sarasvati has been housed.

It is Azalea. it was really beautiful!!!

Ryoanji temple have a peacful stone garden and beautiful pond!

It is amazing place!! this is my favorite place in Kyoto, actually.

I really recommend this place^^

Ryoanji is near the Gorlden temple.

It takes only 15min by walk from Gorlden temple!!!

You should go both of them!!!^^