Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Kodai-ji Temple - Kyoto, Japan

Kodai-ji Temple not to far away from Yasaka-jinja or Kiyomizu-dera temple. It is part of the Rinzai Sect of Buddhism and established in 1606 by Nene who is the widow of the late Toyotomi Hideyoshi. I went a guy from Canada that I met earlier on the streets and his fiend a girl from  Taiwan. Was a really nice day!

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Had a great gardens...

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They made this large painting on some wooden boards to put in the garden for autumn.

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There were some great colors here...

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As it got dark which was quick lights started to come on around the pond and various places for the special autumn part.

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Illuminating the colors at night seam to be really popular part in the area and real famous for it.

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These are some really old Tea houses

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There are some bamboo on the property as well with lights.

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Some more displays for the season...

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I wish I went to more light events at night but the lines were huge.

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Lanterns!

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Thanks for looking
info from wikipedia

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