A Garden View

Just one view of the grounds of the Daisen-in Temple. Note the very clean moss at ground level. No doubt the moss sweepers had been around.

A Room With a View

In my last post you may have noticed the big doors at the side. As we sat and ate our lunch we all commented on the garden outside through those doors. The workers at the restaurant kindly opened the doors to let us view upon this. How beautiful and tranquil is this garden?

The restaurant is in the grounds of the Ryoan-ji temple, and this garden is part of the grounds also. Note the garden lights again. There is one over on the right, and another hard to see one hiding behind the tree. Once again there is all that beautiful moss on the ground under the tree.

A Mountain Drive

To get to the tea house our guides took us up a mountain road. It was very different from the flat areas of Kyoto that we had been in the day before. Much greener, much cooler, and obviously much wetter in general. There was moss everywhere. This is the view of the narrow road we drove up. We didn't go right up, just far enough to get to the tea house.

As ! said, moss everywhere, even on the roof!

Tenryu-ji Temple Grounds Pt 2

 Just another view of the grounds of the Tenryu-ji Temple. More Autumn colour, and that beautiful old pine tree that has nearly toppled into the water. If you look closely, you can just see the moss & ferns on the waters edge under the trees. More on the moss a little further into our story.