More monk-y business! This time in Kamakura, the "little Kyoto" near Tokyo.
Monk in round window room, Meigetsu-in temple, Kamakura, Japan by Damien Douxchamps
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More monk-y business! This time in Kamakura, the "little Kyoto" near Tokyo.
An interesting experience... At this temple they burn wooden tablets regularly and one can book and come pray with the monks. It's a little hard to start shooting with a big-ass camera in this setting so I only took 4 pictures. Luckily one came out OK! Yet another thing to do in Koya-san...
Kenninji is the birthplace of Zen in Japan in the sense that it's there that Zen landed when it arrived from China.
I've tried to take a half decent pic of this garden for years, and last autumn was the first time I was blessed with nice light. Hopefully I didn't completely mess up! ;-)
Explored March 15th 2025, #144
A blast from the past from 2011: the typical sukiya architecture of Ruriko-in temple in Kyoto. At the time tourism in Kyoto was only starting to boom and it was possible to visit Ruriko-in and relax. Today it's a different story... Still beautiful and worth a peek though :-)
Explored February 22nd 2025, #111
There's a shy one in the back row... ( ^-^)v
Explored February 5th 2025, #254
This place has changed a lot in 15 years! A typhoon or two knocked down many trees making the atmosphere a lot more airy but also a lot less mysterious. There's even an overlook for great views of the valley and hills around the temple. Worth checking out if you haven't been there for a while...
More photographs of Kyoto.
Explored January 1st, 2025 #59
I don't want to say this too loudly but... Daisen-in has just started to allow photography (^-^)v
Explored December 16th, 2024 #75
Called "October cherry blossoms" in Japanese (十月桜), they bloom between October and December, a good 4-5 months before their more popular April counterparts. Although not as furnished as their spring cousins they nonetheless bring an unexpected touch of colour in autumn pictures... And of course this was shot in a shrine so a big-ass lantern was de rigueur (笑)
Late afternoon on a late autumn day in Korin-in temple, Kyoto, Japan.
More photographs of Kyoto and Korin-in temple.
Explored, November 4th, 2024 #125
An interesting wall tucked in a corner of the large Manpuku-ji temple grounds. Temple walls and other elements of traditional Japanese architectural can sometimes include recycled materials from previous constructions in their design, typically roof tiles or carved stones.
More photographs of Kyoto and Manpuku-ji.
Explored, October 19th, 2024 #273
A little unusual composition for this temple gate located in the Ohara valley north of Kyoto.
Side note: I've recently increased the size of my pictures but Flickr keeps resizing them down. Boo...
More photographs of Kyoto.
Explored, August 4th, 2024 #132
A humoristic monk created a trail behind the little stone turtle in this rock garden. Seems like an obvious idea but I've never seen this in all the temple and shrine gardens I've visited over the years. Kudos!
Explored, June 15th, 2024 #143
Amazingly, no saturation slider was hurt when processing this picture. The key in the stairs remaining mossy is of course that they are not used: there is a parallel secondary set of stairs to reach the upper section of the temple. The stairs have a name BTW: "kokedan" (苔段) Yeah a bit obvious but hey! ( ^-^)v
Explored, May 20th, 2024 #129
More photographs of Kyoto.
Explored, April 26th, 2024 #210
Lonely rock and kissing couple ;-)
More photographs of Kyoto.
Explored, January 20th, 2024 #118
Checkout my albums featuring this picture: Explored, Cinemascope and Kyoto Autumn!
Last light on an early autumn day in the Koya-san temple complex in the Wakayama mountains. This is the largest rock garden in Japan.
Explored, October 24th, 2023 #99
