Wednesday 23 April 2014

Peaceful places



The bamboo forest.


Tea house at Okochi Sanso garden.


The blinds in our room at Arashiyama.


The garden where an early morning stretch class took place.
I watched and copied from the window.


The entrance to our machiya in Kyoto.


The Zen garden at Ryoanji.
It is important not to wear holey socks in Japan.
You never know when you might need to take your shoes off.


A sculpture in the Open Air Museum at Hakone. 


A flower strewn water channel.


The Buddha at Kodaji temple


Shinjuku Park Tokyo.


Koi.




Kenninji, the oldest Zen temple.

8 comments:

  1. Thank you for letting us see these serene images.

    (The tick tale seems to have come from a totally different place. Interesting to contemplate that dichotomy.)

    xo

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  2. Thank you for the gorgeous photos. Where is your son in Japan? Our daughter is way down south in Fukuoka.

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    1. He is in Kyoto. How is she getting on?

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    2. So far she seems happy, learning a new job, getting her apartment up to scratch.

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  3. Oh my...exquisitely lovely! The Buddha and the water fountain are so wonderful, but it all is, really. I'm feeling rather Zen about work today now. Thank you :)

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  4. These are wonderful photos. Thank you.

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  5. Oh just KEEP THESE COMING..........................
    (Thanks for camera info!).

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  6. Oh, I love how your eye is drawn away -- lovely!

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