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Short Family Visit to the Middle-of-Nowhere Sokushouji Temple

by Jeffrey Friedl Tue, November 23rd, 2010 10:20pm JST (13 years, 5 months ago)

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Today is a national holiday of some sort in Japan, so we took a drive out to the mountains to take some photos for our Christmas and New-Year's cards. We wanted to go somewhere pretty but uncrowded, and since it was a mad house in Kyoto, we headed out to the same area as in my previous post, “Beating the Crowds at the Middle-of-Nowhere Sokushouji Temple”. We got our photos, and since we were in the neighborhood, I wanted to show Fumie and Anthony the temple...

View from the Parking Lot Autumn colors, even past their peak, pique one's interest -- Sokushouji Temple (息障寺) -- Koka, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/1.4, ISO 280 — map & image data — nearby photos
View from the Parking Lot
Autumn colors, even past their peak, pique one's interest

The roof near the top of the steps is for a little seating/rest area, and beyond that is the temple itself...

Temple Visit Sokushouji Temple (息障寺), Shiga Japan -- Sokushouji Temple (息障寺) -- Koka, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/1.4, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Temple Visit
Sokushouji Temple (息障寺), Shiga Japan

Turning back and looking beyond the rest area and the top of the stairs, there's a hint of a structure...

More Awaits much more -- Sokushouji Temple (息障寺) -- Koka, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/1.4, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
More Awaits
much more

Bell Tower -- Sokushouji Temple (息障寺) -- Koka, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/1.4, ISO 250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Bell Tower

Ringing the Huge Bell a single hit with the log the rope is attached to yields a long, deep, resonating boooooooooing -- Sokushouji Temple (息障寺) -- Koka, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm — ¹/100 sec, f/1.4, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Ringing the Huge Bell
a single hit with the log the rope is attached to yields a long, deep, resonating boooooooooing

From the bell tower, the temple complex spreads up the mountain, with parts peeking out here and there...

Layers -- Sokushouji Temple (息障寺) -- Koka, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/1.4, ISO 560 — map & image data — nearby photos
Layers

I'd ventured to the top with Shimada-san when I came the other day, and so with all the photos from three trips in two weeks, a full writeup on this place is definitely on my to-do list, but today, this short excursion was the extent of out visit. (It was only 2:30pm, but it was already getting dark nestled in this cranny of the mountain.)

Heading Home -- Sokushouji Temple (息障寺) -- Koka, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/1.4, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos
Heading Home

December	9th,	2005	Photoshop and Japanese New-Year's Cards
November	21st,	2010	Beating the Crowds at the Middle-of-Nowhere Sokushouji Temple
January	1st,	2011	Our 2011 New Year's Card
February	5th,	2011	The Unassuming “Ice Room” Himuro Shrine
June	7th,	2011	Rural Uji's Kiyotakigyuu Shrine
October	4th,	2015	So, I Finally Bought a Road Bike
September	9th,	2016	Visiting and Abandoned Thatched-Roof Restaurant
September	19th,	2016	Last January's Chilly Ride To the Middle-of-Nowhere Sokushoji Temple

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One comment so far...

“to take some photos for our Christmas and New-Year’s cards”

For THIS year, not last year?

Already? In NOVEMBER?

Who are you, and what have you done with my brother?

— comment by Marcina, who will probably start taking Christmas Card photos Dec 15th again this year. on November 24th, 2010 at 1:00pm JST (13 years, 5 months ago) — comment permalink