Meigetsu-in again. I just love these stairs.
Red Bibs
Meigetsu-in, a temple famous for its hydrangeas, is tucked away in the hills of Kita-Kamakura. I visited the other day—not during hydrangea season—to reacquaint myself with the temple, and cam across a lot of well-dressed statues.
Citrus Foot Bath
Just a hop, skip and a jump from the stained glass tower is a looooong foot bath with nice warm water. When we were there, it was full of bobbing lemons, limes, yuzu and other citrus fruit. The colours were glorious.
Stained Glass Tower
Still at the Hakone Open-Air Museum... This is a big tower made of stained glass with a spiral staircase inside. It's pretty cool.
Let’s Visit Hakone 2!
Like I said yesterday, the Hakone Open-Air Museum has some nifty kids' areas. Well, area. (Okay, there are two, but the one is indoors and kinda not fun.) Sadly, the big rope play area has been closed. BUT, it still had this cool plastic tunnel thing. Kaede had a blast, and I was so very, … Continue reading Let’s Visit Hakone 2!
Let’s Visit Hakone!
Kamakura is all well and good, but sometimes, you need a break, right? A few weeks back, we headed down to Hakone, a hot spring resort area, for the day. While there, we checked out the Hakone Open-Air Museum, as we'd heard it had a fantastic kids' area. (More on that in a future post.) … Continue reading Let’s Visit Hakone!
Hakone Persimmons
I told you there'd be more persimmon photos. I just can't.get.enough. These were miniature persimmons–I'd never seen such a thing! They looked almost like cherry tomatoes hanging on a vine. We came across them at the Picasso Museum in Hakone, a hot-spring area about an hour/hour-and-a-half from Kamakura.
A Fine Fall Day
The first winds of winter may have started blowing this week, but the afternoons are still gloriously warm. Hisashi bought a small boat the other day, fulfilling a year-long dream, and took Kaede out for a little row. By the time I joined them on the beach, they were back to shore, and Kaede was … Continue reading A Fine Fall Day
Penny Thanks
While walking down the Daibutsu hiking trail past Kuzuharaoka, I came across this memorial of sorts covered in one-yen pieces. I'm not sure what it's for, and Hisashi wasn't sure of the kanji, but the Kamakura area is so full of history that coming across random markers and memorials isn't very unusual.
Belly Rubbing Happiness
Need some happiness? Cheer? General pleasantness in life? Just give Hotei sama's belly a rub, and all will come up rosy. Hotei sama is in the cemetery area of Jochi-ji, a temple in Kita-Kamakura. Yesterday's persimmon photos were also from Jochi-ji.
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