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brownie-pics · 2 years

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‘22.10.18 中の禰宜道、春日大社、手向山八幡宮にて

月に1度の病院詣で･･。帰りにふらっと奈良公園へ。中の禰宜道の森を抜けて春日さんへ。秋めいた陽気の下、角鹿さんも爆睡していましたｗ。

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reysim · 1 year

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Friday January 13/2023

Today, we took a train to Nara city. Nara is a treasure house of ancient history and culture set in a beautiful natural environment. We planned to take a long circle walk through the Park and Woods past numerous temples and shines.

Before, we got out of the station, we met a couple of Japanese gentleman that belonged to the YMCA with very good English. One of them volunteered to show us around. Are we lucky or what! Simon was cautiously skeptical, but in the end this was a legitimate offer.

We walked through a narrow street that was centre of calligraphy with shops full of supplies.

We walked around the pond to view the five story pagoda from a distance. It was under repair and closed to public, so we couldn’t go inside, but the outside was beautiful. Then we went to the three story pagoda. This pagoda was burned three times and rebuilt In the eighth century. He explain to us how it was built and could survive earthquakes and pretty much anything except fire. The most important part of the pagoda was a metal standard on the top centre so everyone could see it from the distance.

Then we walked through the park to Todaiji temple. In the park, deer were abundant and protected as the messengers of gods. They would come close for food and bow Their heads! At the ancient time, there were white deer living in this area. People would worship them, give them food, and bow at the deer because they were god’s messengers. So now these deer adopted the behaviour, and bow so food will be given to them. Fascinating!

Todaiji temple was famous for housing a massive statue of the Buddha and was the largest and oldest wooden structure in the world.

Then we walked by great bell to Tamukeyama hachimangu shrine. The beauty of the building, with a huge balcony and adorned with lots of variously shaped hanging lanterns, made this shrine different than all the others.

The next stop was Kasuga talsha shrine. The path to this shrine was lined with 2000 stone lanterns, many draped in moss, and the eaves of the shrine itself was decorated with a thousand hanging bronze lanterns. It was very impressive scenery. Everything was in harmony with the natural surrounding environment, as is the basis of Shinto religion. Incredible!

One day a year all of the lanterns are lit to celebrate the shrine’s anniversary.

After lunch, we visited Shin-yakushiji temple that was built for the empress to pray daily for her husband’s recovery. We had to take a local bus past the imperial palace to Toshodaiji temple and Yakushiji temple. At this point, after walking for hours, we were tired and templed out. We took the train back to Kyoto, and we were in bed by 7 PM.

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johnmidsummer · 5 years

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手向山八幡宮の紅葉。今までは若草山や二月堂へ行く途中ここを通っていたが、ほとんど気にしなかった。今回の奈良紅葉の旅では、ここに魅了された。 . 撮影日:2018.11.24 . A scenery of autumn leaves in Tamukeyama Hachimangu, which is a shrine in Todaiji, Nara. . #写真好きな人と繋がりたい #写真撮ってる人と繋がりたい #カメラ好きな人と繋がりたい #photographer #ig_today #photographclub #lovers_amazing_group #tokyocameraclub #instagramjapan #loves_united_japan #kf_gallery #IGersJP #ptk_japan #bestjapanpics #japan_of_insta #special_spot_ #total_shot #wu_japan #super_japan_channel #deaf_b_j_ #unsquares #japan_daytime_view #bestflowerspics #total_asia #super_asia_channel #loves_united_asia #ig_shotz_asia #鷺池 #Nara #autumnleaves (手向山八幡宮) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrcJETbFcD3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zdmhuleg16vi