Hosen-in, Jisso-in and Jakko-in Temple in Ohara

There are about six temples 2 kilometers around in Ohara. You can go all of them on foot from Ohara bus stop.
Housen-in Temple is famous for 700-year-old pine tree and the view of the garden through its window. The garden seen from the room seems like pictures in frames.
We can enjoy having maccha green tea and sweets seeing beautiful scenery.

Jikko-in also has a very compact but beautiful garden. Shakunage flowers were very beautiful with SHAKKEI, including back ground scenery into the garden.

Jikko-in Temple is located on the opposite side of the bus stop. It takes about 15 minutes to walk there.
The main building of Jakko-in got fire and burnt out in 2000. Present building was newly built in 2003.We entered it and listened to the explanation of the history of the temple there.

Sanzen-in Temple in Ohara

Today we went to Ohara, which is in the north east of Kyoto city. We took Kyoto bus from Kokusai-kaigijo Station of Tozai Subway line. It takes 30 minutes to Ohara by bus.
From Ohara bus stop, we walked 10 minutes and arrived at Sanzen-in Temple.
Sanzen-in Temple has a very beautiful garden. We could enjoy seeing beautiful Shakunage flowers and ao-momiji(green maple leaves) in the garden.

There are six cute jizo statues by the river.

The reflection of green leaves on the surface of the pond is very photogenic！

Ao-momiji(Green Leaves of Maple Tree) in Daikakuji Temple

It takes 20 minutes to walk to Daikakuji Temple from Saga Arashiyama Station. Around the Osawa Pond in the temple’s garden, you can enjoy walking among beautiful Ao-Momiji(green maple leaves).
If you enter from the entrance the right side of the temple, you can enter the garden only paying 200 yen donation.

Cherry Blossom Glass Beads

I made glass beads with cherry blossom design, and made a hair ornament.

Cherry Blossom in Kamigamo Shrine, Shimogamo Shrine and along Kamo River

On April 6,  cherry trees in Kyoto were in full blossom. It was a fine day for cherry blossom viewing.
Kamigamo Shrine has a very famous weeping cherry tree named Saio-zakura.
So we went there to see the cherry tree.
There were also many Somei-yoshino cherry trees fully blooming.
We also enjoyed walking along Kamo River, seeing a lot of cherry blossoms.

Then we arrived at Shimogamo Shrine.
There we could see old kitchen for the gods.

Cherry Blossoms in Kyoto

It has been a little bit cold in Kyoto, so Somei-yoshino cherry trees have had only
a few flowers at present, but weeping cherry flowers have almost fully bloomed.
We went to Kodaiji temple to see the famous weeping cherry tree in the garden.
It was lighten up and we could see the projection mapping displayed on the white sand ground in the garden.

The weeping cherry tree also had many flowers in Maruyama Park.

In Daikakuji Temple, there are many Somei-yoshino cherry trees, and several weeping cherry trees.
Weeping cherry trees had fully bloomed and we are expecting Somei-yoshino blooming this weekend.

Meigetsu-in in Kamakura

Meigetsu-in is my favorite temple in Kamakura. This temple is very famous for its hydrangea garden. The  hydrangeas are very beautiful when they are at their best in June, but I like to visit there in other seasons because  it is less crowded.  We can enjoy to see other flowers in  and animals: squirrels, cats and rabbits.The scenery through the round window is great, too.