Kinkaku-ji

Long time no see ;) I was in summer vacation this month, how are you doing? I visited Kyoto, old capital, you know. The city has much wonderful stuff such as Maiko, Kiyomizu-dera, Kawadoko etc. It was a real pity that I forgot to take digital video cam... But I got many pictures for you!! The picture is golden temple reflecting its mirror image on the pond. It is 3-story temple containing great statues. The symbol this time is Kinkaku-ji.

A face of statue of Buddah

uvs080605-002, originally uploaded by ( : atsuo : ).

A face?! Big face?!
I am in Ueno park. At the side of the big face, it is written "Passing exam statue of Buddah".
OK. I prayed anyways.
He lost his body and only the big face is left in Ueno park.
I imagine how big he was.
The symbols this time pronounce "daibutsu-no-ganmen", means a face of statue of Buddah!

Wisteria blossoms

The wisteria blossoms bring me a real feeling of May.

This humble purple color has been one of the elegant colors in Japan.

They are usually hung over the wisteria trellis. The scene is awesome...

In this video, I took the sound of zephyr of the very season, please take a look.

The symbols this time pronounce fuji-no-hana, means wisteria blossoms!

Tengu

Tengu, originally uploaded by ( : atsuo : ).

Today, there was a festival near Akihabara. When I was watching through, I saw tengu. He is not a pinokio in real version but a monster who is said to live in deep woods. He is also said to fly and deal psychokinesis.
The symbols this time pronounce ten-gu, which means long-nosed goblin!

Saisen

Saisen is a Japanese traditional action to pray for gods. We make money offering in front of the shrine/temple and pray in accordance with the god's property. In this case, the god has academic feature. So the guy who made money offering may pray his son could manage to pass famous primary school or something. :)
The symbol this time pronounces sai-sen, means money offering!

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kintarou candy

kintarou candy, originally uploaded by ( : atsuo : ).

The traditional candy was sold in a stall.

A kintarou candy is a long rod-like candy.

the candy is funny because the face of the slices is always same :D

It is a pity that I didnt buy one of the candies to show you.

The taste? hmm.. I dare to　say it is traditional taste.

The symbols this time pronounces kintarou-ame, means kintarou candy!

plum blossoms in a shrine

plum blossoms, originally uploaded by japanese-symbols-cultures.

Nice plum blossoms in a shrine near my house.
Most of the blossoms in famous shrines & temples were well cared about.
These blossoms were strongly appealing to my heart.
Symbols this time pronounce ume- no-hana, means plum blossoms!