by Nan Rae | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Toshogu Shrine with Yomeimon Gate in Nikko designated as national treasures or Important Cultural Properties. (A mixture of Shinto & Buddhist styles.)Meiji Shrine….( a Shinto Shrine).The Snow Monkeys in Yudanaka. I took the day off but word is...
by Nan Rae | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
…..away from it all on Mt. Koya, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. The Sekishi-In Temple. It’s quite high up there and the road is steep and winding….sort of shut your eyes going around the curves’ drive. But so incredibly beautiful with trees...
by Nan Rae | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
BBONNIE-SAN: THE CHERRY TREE This morning. I was seated in the restaurant facing a magnificent old Cherry tree growing in a waterfall garden. I was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion and began to weep, tears streaming down my cheeks – for those I have...
by Nan Rae | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
We got excited when we saw a few deer as the bus entered the city of Nara. It’s here that the world’s largest bronze casting, the GIANT Daibutsu sits in the Todai-ji Temple. The Buddha sits in the ‘Daibutsuden’ (the largest wooden...
by Nan Rae | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Early morning & we left the hotel for Kinetsu Kyoto station…..destination…Toba Station and Mikimoto Pearl Island. On the train. Amy, our wonderful guide for the second half of our journey looks as if she’s wearing a Mickey Mouse hat!...
