early November, the leaves began here in Kansai just dye it red, but now the maples glow with the ginkgo trees in competition. The other tree species give their best, but somehow no chance at all that red and yellow. Especially the red of the maples. Since I've been in there last year so in love, and that was - was the main reason for me, a little more than a year to stay in Japan - in addition to the extra time for travel within Japan. Autumn is the best season here (not as wet as the cherry blossom), and I wanted to see again. Who knows when (and if!) I have the next time the opportunity.
Yesterday I'm back down (and for the time being the last time) to Kyoto, to the east of the city to see so many maples in autumn dress properly. That's what I did and by the way seen in five hours exactly six temples. That should be my personal record.
With the Keihan Line, it went up to the penultimate station (Marutamachi) and from there on foot to two adjacent temples. Elisa had made last year in some temples in the area beautiful photos, see where to make a lot of red had been. Whether I'm actually landed in "the" Temple, I do not know, but I also have a lot of photos to see where too much red is. Was not that easy, as a representative sample taken in the blog.
Temple Number 1: Kurodani.
He has a beautiful Zen garden with a larger pond on the incline some maple trees. The beautiful mirror effects are in the water, and in addition there are the numerous small fallen maple leaves floating on the water - sugoi!
was not much going on here, but I pushed on the day. On weekends, many more people to go out on fall foliage show. But in the next temple is extremely busy.
The Kurodani is located in a quiet, peaceful residential area with low houses and narrow alleys. Here I had along to get to my next destination. Honestly, I had so I doubt whether I was really on the right track, so I asked the few people I met on the road. But I had not run, and after ten minutes, suddenly widened the lane, and I was there.
Temple 2: Shinnyo-dō.
The Shinnyo-do of many, really many maple trees surround it. Everywhere it glowed orange to red. Many leaves had already fallen and formed around red, orange or yellow carpet to the trunks of the trees. That was soooo beautiful! Den here in much greater numbers-running Japanese were similar. As to the first group I went maples, I followed a young couple on their heels. The young woman got a no more again "!! Eeeeeeh, Kirei Kirei desu nee Eeeeeeh Sugoi Sugoi kirei kirei kirei Sugoi *
were all frantically taking photos. I also, I freely admit. Each tree was alone in itself something to behold, but as an ensemble was the sight simply overwhelming. Especially, of course, if you normally get the prevailing colors of the Japanese cities - gets to see - light gray, gray and dark gray. I had to go only a step, already changed the viewing angle and this brand new photo opportunities. Then even the sun broke through the Clouds and shone on the maple ...
Long live the 1-gigabyte memory card! And the spare battery!
It could take a while. The inner temple and the garden I have of course also not be missed, but after that I stayed here not for long. Through an avenue of bright red maples, it went back to the exit, and then further east. My next target was the path of the philosopher, by the Ginkaku-ji to Nanzen-ji on a small canal and other temples along leads. The Ginkaku-ji, I had seen this before, so I left it and went immediately to the smaller, therefore, honing-in.
temple number 3
Nett, and above all relatively quiet. Again, there was much to see fall foliage, but not in such abundance as at Shinnyo-dō. This was right at the entrance two elaborate sand structures with Ahornblattdeko had accumulated. That being said, there was nothing really special to see, and thus, I was soon back on track. But only a few steps, because the next temple was not far away.
number 4 Anraku-in or something like that. Embarrassingly, I forgot the name, and since I have all the information material hauled to the post office this afternoon, can I look up any more. Crap!
Anyway, it was not far, and I missed the entrance because of the many photographers, who had moved with heavy equipment, also could not.
And once again shone the maple. A beautiful temple in which I have not received a gift promptly. I will report later.
And on we walked along the path of the philosophers. The so-called because a famous Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitaro has made his name with a daily walk to the little canal. The trail is particularly beautiful cherry blossom season, now everything was already bald. Only occasionally a few maple trees provided for strong dash of color.
Near the end of the two-mile path is the Eikan-dō. Temple Number 5
He has many treasures - and many maple trees on his property. That makes him a very popular place of pilgrimage for fall foliage fans. Which in turn led to the temple in November to demand a hefty premium to a discount. Nevertheless, the masses flocked, and I the middle of it.
went inside the temple it forward slowly. In long lines moved people from the past exhibited magnificent Buddha statues and precious wall paintings. I admit that I often the way I simply abbreviated. Of Buddhist art, I now understand sometimes nothing, and I was came mainly because of the fall foliage. Yes, I am a hopeless ignoramus.
The temple grounds are huge. Directly behind it lie the hills of Higashiyama, which limit the eastern city of Kyoto. In a corner in the back of the temple grounds is a small pagoda, from which I could almost completely overlooking Kyoto. And of course the rest of the temple grounds.
Should I or should not I? For a while I was fighting with me, but then I still went to another temple.
Temple Number 6: Nanzen ji.
One of the most important Zen temple in Japan, I had almost a year ago already visited with Angelica together. Because we are at that time but only in the side garden of a temple (or whatever) had gone, I have once again brandished my wallet and paid the price of admission.
Another famous Zen garden. Not quite as famous as that of Ryoan-ji, but again very stylish. There was a small, pure rock garden there too, but the Zen garden on the top picture is the main attraction of the Nanzen ji. For a while I sat there, in order to let the sight of me. There were hardly any other visitors there, so it was really relaxing.
Or rather, it could have been really relaxing if not someone would come up with the "brilliant" idea, on the ceiling of the terrace one to install speakers and these speakers about at regular intervals any slogans for appropriate behavior in the temple or Buddhalobgesänge or notices Temple Treasures (to understand enough, my Japanese is still far off) to be Quakers.
I then went through the temple, saw the other rock garden and other small garden. In the rear, large garden, there was also the culmination something red and yellow to see.
I would certainly have made time to seek a seventh temple, but the result probably would have been visual saturation. I was tired, so I made my way back.
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* "Oh, how beautiful!" Is not this beautiful? Oh charming! Beautifully charming! "
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