A great way to start the day.
On the way to the Ginkaku-ji Temple - Kyoto.
Entrance gate to the Ginkaku-ji Temple.
Walking the grounds of the Ginkaku-ji Temple - Kyoto.
Zen garden.
Pond with stone and bamboo bridges.
Meditation stone.
View of the Ginkaku (Kannon-den) Temple - Kyoto.
The 1st floor of the temple is Shoin style (Japanese residential style) and the 2nd floor is Chinese temple style.
All natural, but not unique, tree support.
Looking back to the Buddhist Hall.
Roof is thatched with Japanese cypress and this is the oldest Shoin style building existing.
Always keeping the grounds tidy.
Peak of Temple rooftop with Bronze phoenix.
Metal detail work on the walkway structure.
Looking over Temple grounds to Kyoto and the mountains beyond.
One of many stone pathways.
Always working...
Pathway back to the main street.
So this is what the food/drinks look like.....
On the way to the Philosopher's Path.
Marking where a Yoshino Cherry tree used to stand at the start of the Philosophers Path.
Walking along the Philosophers path - Kyoto.
The start of the Philosophers Path.
The Honen-in Temple marker at entrance gate.
First Temple stop just off the Philosophers Path. The Honen-in Temple grounds and cemetery - Kyoto.
Sampling moss plugs...
Visiting The Honen-in Temple grounds and cemetery - Kyoto.
The moss covered Temple Gateway.
Basalt stone pillars.
The main cemetery,
Moss covered terraces.
Raked sand mounds. Path between leads to a bridge over a carp pond.
Detail in the raked sand.
Looking back to the Main Gate.
Waiting spot at a small shop...
Japanese Beautyberry -Callicarpa japonica.
Small stone statues - Jizo (‘O-jizo-sama’) a guardian deity, are a common site along the roadside.
Overlooking the garden at the Koun-ji Temple.
The Koun-ji Temple. Walking the Philosophers Path - Kyoto.
Roof detail.
Beautiful architecture.
One of many stone bridges along the canal.
Entrance to a small pottery shop on the Philosophers Path.
The poisonous Lycoris radiata. In Japan the red spider lily signals the arrival of fall.
