autumn viewing at enkoji temple

08Nov09

Enkoji temple (圓 光寺) is one of the nicer places to go for autumn maple-leaf viewing.  The temple was founded as a place for scholarship and learning in 1601 by Tokugawa Ieyasu.  It was originally in Fushimi, in the southern part of Kyoto, but in 1667 the temple was moved to its current location near […]

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the gyoen at meiji-jingu

30Jul06

Since Tomo was busy on Sunday, Jess and I spent our last day in Tokyo wandering around Meiji-jingu and Harajuku. Since I’ve written about Meiji-jingu before, I won’t spend much time on it here, other than to say it was a beautiful day and quite crowded with people. On the way back from the main […]

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kasuga-jinja in miyayama-cho

21May06

Since I’d only been to Kasuga-jinja during winter, I hadn’t realized what a beautiful spot it was for blossom viewing. Unfortunately I only arrived to take pictures toward the end of the blossom-viewing season, and though there were still quite a few blossoms on the trees, the ground was already thick in a cloud-blanket of […]

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