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  • Enjoy the Taste of Japan

    Enjoy beautiful Japanese Dishes.
    These are a set of Yuba-KaiSeki, the bean curd dinner.

    • Yuba Broth. これが湯葉鍋
    • Grilled fish and bean curd. 焼き物。湯葉懐石なのでお肉は一切ありません。
    • Vinegered fish. 最後は酢の物
    • Petit Sushi, Sweet beans and vinegered vege. 前菜、美しい！

  • Have you been to Koyasan?

    There are several World Heritages in Japan.

    One of them is Koyasan, the sacred mountain-top temple.

    The mountains are so holy that one may just feel purified being there.

    The trees are more than thousand years old.
    And all the moss-covered grave stones and memorial stones look as if, and maybe really, they have souls and wills and lives, and just sit there during the daytime to watch the passers-by, and move and talk to each other during the nights.

    Look how big the holy trees of this mountains are! 絶句。わたしの大きさと比べてみて！

    More great photos in my blog.
    Koyasan

  • Koyasan

    If and when you visit Kyoto or Osaka, take one full day to visit this World Heritage, the Koyasan.

    Enjoy Elica’s photo diary, which shows more than usual guidebooks.

    • Hello from the Side Street of the Deep Gate, Koyasan.
    • The Lantern Hall from the Sacred Bridge. 御廟橋の奥に灯籠堂が見えます
    • The Top Mikkyo Temple called KongoBuji金剛峰寺正門
    • Great Dragon Head. 本殿の正門にある龍頭の彫刻がすごい
    • Look how big the sacred cedar of this Koya Mountains. 絶句。わたしの大きさと比べてみて！
    • Hats Off. 脱帽せよ
    • The panel represents the Kanji character of heart. お茶を頂ける大広間にかかる、「心」の文字
    • Twin Dragon Garden of Stones Called BanRyuTey. The stones represents the dragons.　蟠竜庭。手前から見たところ
    • The other side of the Twin Dragon Garden of Stones.蟠竜亭、渡り廊下付きあたりから見たところ
    • The kitchen to provide foods for hundreds of priests. 何百人もの僧侶に供する食事を作る台所
    • The pans. 竈門近影
    • Holy Pine Tree and the Main Praing Hall called KonponTaido. 手前に三鈷の松と根本大堂

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  • Nara, the beauty of Japan

    Kofukuda-ji temple beyond Sarusawa pond. The NARA.

    Many foreigners visit Kyoto.
    But not so many visit Nara.

    Because Nara is quieter, you may feel more of traditional serene beauty of Japan.

    Here are more photos which I find beautiful.

    MORE Photo in Blog

  • Miwa to Nara

    Miwa to Nara

    This is Nara which you rarely see. This is the beauty of what you don’t see as a tourist.

    • New Year’s soup called “Zo-Ni”.
    • Miwa Shrine’s soup bowl. The three-cedars is the symbol of the shrine.
    • Very old, moss-covered pine needles. Strong!
    • When you see the red shrine on the water is the Goddess of performing arts.
    • ELICA is celebrating the Yamato-Plain.
    • Japan-European mixed architecture of Meiji era.
    • Great great old sacred cedar at Kasuga Shrine. 春日大社の大杉はすごい！
    • Kasuga Shrine is famous for its thousands of brass lanterns.
    • Kuzu-Mochi, the sweet made of root powder.
    • Kofukuda-ji temple beyond Sarusawa pond. The NARA.
    • Huge Bird-gate of Miwa shrine and Nijo-zan (two-top) mountains.

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