Moat at the Imperial Palace
Japan just celebrated their "Golden Week", which is about 5 days of holiday. Included are Children's Day, Greenery Day and Constitution Day. It appears that the main purpose of this week is to travel home or go on vacation with the family. The Church Office Building was closed for several days so some of us old missionaries took the train and went exploring.
This sculpture on the west side of the Imperial Palace was not exactly church standard, so I cropped it a bit :-) Caught this pigeon doing what birds do best and had to wonder who gets the job of cleaning up these artful fellows! As you can see they are in need of a bath!
Childrens Day is celebrated by hanging these carp windsocks outside of their homes. These generally represent the boys in the family. The windsocks are called Koi nobori and they represent carp swimming upstream. Parents hope that their sons will overcome obstacles and become strong men.
This was a beautiful temple on a hill overlooking Kamakura. Hasadera houses the largest gold leafed wooden sculpture of Kannon in all of Japan. Unfortunately we were not allowed to photograph it. However the grounds housed hundreds of small statues and lovely gardens.
Maybe the more the merrier?
On the grounds there was a large winding cave. We had to stoop over to get through some areas. Carved into the sides of the cave were many statues. This room caught my eye because it was filled with hundreds of tiny Buddha miniatures.
Kamakura by the sea.
Moat at the Imperial Palace
This sculpture on the west side of the Imperial Palace was not exactly church standard, so I cropped it a bit :-) Caught this pigeon doing what birds do best and had to wonder who gets the job of cleaning up these artful fellows! As you can see they are in need of a bath!
Childrens Day is celebrated by hanging these carp windsocks outside of their homes. These generally represent the boys in the family. The windsocks are called Koi nobori and they represent carp swimming upstream. Parents hope that their sons will overcome obstacles and become strong men.
This was a beautiful temple on a hill overlooking Kamakura. Hasadera houses the largest gold leafed wooden sculpture of Kannon in all of Japan. Unfortunately we were not allowed to photograph it. However the grounds housed hundreds of small statues and lovely gardens.
Maybe the more the merrier?
On the grounds there was a large winding cave. We had to stoop over to get through some areas. Carved into the sides of the cave were many statues. This room caught my eye because it was filled with hundreds of tiny Buddha miniatures.
Kamakura by the sea.
2 comments:
These pictures look like something out of a travel magazine. You are are great photographer. What a great cultural experience you are having. What growth.
children's day huh? Why don't we do that here? We've got grandparents day, mothers and fathers day. We may just have to celebrate that one with the Japanese.
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