Feb 18, 2022
Autumn colours at the Ishiyama-dera during the Autumn Season of 2017 in Ōtsu, Japan.
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Autumn colours at the Ishiyama-dera during the Autumn Season of 2017 in Ōtsu, Japan.
Ishiyamadera Temple Approach 石山寺への参道 | Photo by Patrick Vierthaler on Flickr
Ishiyama Sera continues :)
The main building is located on the slope of a hill and offers a beautiful view of the small valley below that is the home to many tall tress and thick undergrowth that prevent the eye from reaching the bottom of the valley instead letting it feast upon the lush green and natural irregular growth of trees that is so rare in Europe :3
It is also great to see how different buildings, lanterns, path don’t hide from which Era they stem :)
Seeing the different styles and analysing their differences and the way they have been put together has been very enjoyable and interesting to me :3
Place like these are treasures to me and infinitely interesting and fascinating :)
These places do not display everyday Japan at any Era but they show what was thought of as being a place to aspire to be at was and is like to Japanese :)
They offered and do offer an escape and refuge even if it is just for a limited time that allows people to recharge before having to head out again into the cold and merciless stream that reality presents to most of us.
I hope to find many more places like this in the future as I keep on exploring Japan one place at a time :)
Recently I’ve been working on applying Urushi to some pieces and on assembling some broken stoneware for Kintsugi :) Sadly I’m having some trouble uploading my stuff to tumblr so right now I can only work on the articles I prepared beforehand (I uploaded a bunch of photo sets and write the articles right before i publish them here :)
I wish you a great time with sweet dreams and little hindrances in your creative endeavours (^-^)/
Bonsai plum trees in front of the Mikage-dō at Ishiyama-dera in Ōtsu, Shiga - Japan.
Approach to the Hon-dō of Ishiyama-dera in Ōtsu, Shiga - Japan.
The garden of Rocho Ritsushi, a scholar-monk, who made efforts to collect and maintain Buddhist scriptures of Ishiyama temple.
Bonsai plum trees in front of the Bishamon-dō at Ishiyama-dera in Ōtsu, Shiga - Japan.
Autumn colours at the Ishiyama-dera during the Autumn Season of 2017 in Ōtsu, Japan.