雨が降ったあとの花の写真を撮ってみたく、彼岸花がだいぶ咲いていると聞いたので、写真を撮りに行きました。 場所は、奈良県御所市にある九品寺です。 カメラ初心者なので、どのような構図で撮れば綺麗に撮れるのかなど分からなくて、試行錯誤した結果撮れた中で自分のお気に入りがこの写真になります。

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!

Some photos I took at Nijo Castle in spring 2018. You can see the cherry blossoms in some of the photos just starting to bloom, but not quite in full bloom, and the rest of the gardens were really enjoyable as well. I really liked the gold decorations/designs on the buildings. The gate was also really cool. I believe it's called Karamon Gate although I'm not 100% sure on that. The moat around the castle was pretty neat as well, I can imagine it was a strong fortification, especially since it belonged to Tokugawa Ieyasu, although I'm not entirely sure about the rest of the castle's history. The photos of the moat and surrounding area were taken from on top of a small vantage point, and I wonder if it was originally some sort of turret, but I'm not sure about that either. Either way, I definitely recommend giving it a visit to anyone in Kyoto or anyone planning to visit Kyoto. I believe it was relatively close to the Golden Pavilion as well, so if you have the chance, why not?

日本の秋 メタセコイア並木 日本一と言われている秋の並木で、トンネル並木が約2.2ｋｍ続きます。 関西スポットにも認定されている場所です。 滋賀県にて

A photo I took a few years ago during a trip to Osaka! A waterfall at Mino Park during late spring/early winter. I'd like to visit here again during autumn, as I imagine that the leaves around the waterfall and the rest of the area would look really beautiful. One thing I really liked about Osaka was the contrast of the city to this national park. Also there is tons of cool stuff to see near Dotonbori, especially with all the food vendors and stuff in the area. From my understanding, Mino Park is apparently one of Japan's smallest national parks but it was actually a pretty long walk to get to the waterfall. If I remember correctly it took about 40 minutes and we were moving at a pretty good pace. It was a good workout though lol! Hope I can visit again soon after the pandemic ends!

日本の秋 嵐山ならではのリフレッシュ 京都府にね

普段何気なく通ってる工場も夜になると…

日本の秋 晩秋紅葉 兵庫県にて

日本の秋 紅葉絨毯と鳥居のコラボ 兵庫県にて

日本の秋 秋の金閣寺 京都府にて

日本の秋 高野山の紅葉絨毯 兵庫県にて

日本の秋 秋の嵐山 京都府にて

滋賀県の太郎坊宮お参りでアホほどしんどい階段上る途中で見上げると真っ赤でした。登り切ったら夫婦岩の隙間を通って本殿で「勝」一文字のお守りが買えます。

=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。

異世界の萱野神社

京都府 柳谷観音 紅葉のグラデーション

京都府 金閣寺 紅葉の絨毯 綺麗な紅葉が散ってもなお 綺麗に散って行った姿 紅葉の時期は散ってもまだ終わらない

日本の秋 昔ながらの庭 好古園 兵庫県にて

日本の秋 秋の山道に紅葉絨毯 兵庫県にて

日本の秋 夜明けの吉野山 奈良県にて

大阪府 長居植物園 ひまわりが見頃でコロナ禍ですが、ひまわりが楽しそうでHappyな気分にしてくれました。

日本の夏 大撫山での朝日 兵庫県にて

Shiroyama beach, Takahama, Fukui. JR Obama line has a lot of beautiful hidden spots along the northern coast and I found this interesting place when I was looking in map.

京都の夏と言えば祇園祭！山鉾の辻回しの場面はまさに圧巻の一言。 来年こそはあの伝統的な美しさと熱気が戻ってきて欲しいなあ。

京都・嵐山にある嵐電『嵐山駅』です。 夜はライトアップもされ異空間でこんな駅はなかなか無いと思います。

日本の夏 日の出 兵庫県にて 2021.8.28

日本の夏といえば棒アイス！

日本の夏 竹林と旧線路 鳥取県にて

神戸のメリケン波止場。 夏の夜の夢が終わる刻。