This morning Fumie and I made an impromptu visit to Nanzenji (南禅寺 - the Nanzen Temple), which is a few minutes away by bicycle (map).
We brought some coffee and tasty bread, parked the bikes, and walked around a bit. We've been there many times, and this time was only a short visit, but in addition to the funny picture shown in an earlier post, it yielded a few nice shots as well:
The huge (three meter tall?) stone lantern near the main gate. |
Behind me is the “main gate” of the temple (which is inside the compound; it's not an entrance) |
Fumie inspecting the foliage. |
For some reason, I really like this shot of an old lady cleaning leaves. She swept them with a traditional bamboo broom into the untraditional plastic dust pan, then dumped them into the blue bin. Repeat until Winter. |
My attempt at an artistic shot of an elevated walkway between two
buildings. It spans a gap under which is a narrow stone stairwell leading
to the back. These buildings are in the north-eastern corner of the temple
area.
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You can see all photos from the day at my photo site.
(Also see more foliage pictures in this post from later in the month.)