a small blue room

Poking through the trees.

The view from a concrete stairway going up the side of a hill.

The expressway.

A long time ago, before Motoki was born, my husband and I visited Australia.

A stray cat that was wandering the temple grounds.

You purify yourself here, rinsing your hands and mouth.

Virtually on the temple grounds there is also a shrine. It is down this path.

The three tiered pagoda of Jimokuji Kannon is the oldest wooden one in Japan - it was built in 1627, and it is believed that it was simply a reconstruction of a much older one using mostly the same materials.

The main gate to the temple grounds. I assume there was once a wall around, but now only the huge wooden gate stands.
Oh, and that bicycle hiding on the right is mine…