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This is the entrance of Jindai Botanical
Garden. The fair is 500 yen, but people older 65 don't need to pay. We took a bus at Kichijooji Station, and it took about half an hour to arrive at this garden. |
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Near to the entrance, there was a very beautiful
chrysanthemum display on a wagon. A couple of parents were just taking a photo of their daughter. She is so lovely, isn't she? Me too, I took a photo of her. |
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What a beautiful display. Many chrysanthemum amateur raised up these flowers. In Japan there are many chrysanthemum manias. They take much care of their treasures. And it's a great joy for them to hear peoples applause. |
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This is my most favorite one. Very delicate flowers. I love these flowers' noble figure and color. And in Japan Chrysanthemum is the symbol of Japanese Royal Family. You noticed? These three flowers bloom from one stem. Yes, one stem has only three branches, and a branch has only one flower. |
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This year, Autumn came vary late. In the rose garden, roses are still in flowers. This botanical garden is famous with this rose garden. My mother, her too, loves roses. However it's very difficult to raise roses here in Japan, because the Summer is too hot and it rains very much. |
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We left the botanical garden, and now we're
going to the
famous old temple. Here comes many people to visit the temple and to eat famous soba noodles. There are many noodle restaurants, and there we can eat other things; sweets, odangos, amazake and many other. And this scenery is very impressing. I think I'm walking in 100 years ago. |
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This is the slope that invites us to the
temple. On the right side of the streets, there are flower shops. My mother likes to buy flower pots here. And we often find very rare flowers that cannot be found anywhere else. |
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On a shop they sell Japanese traditional
toys. Japanese traditional? I don't know well, but they have really Japanese taste. I wonder whether children still love those kind of simple toys. |
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This is the main street. This area is a MONZENMACHI; a commercial zone made in front of a temple. Many people come to the temple, therefore many shops and restaurants were born to treat visitors. |
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Now, we entered in the temple garden. There on a hill we can see the pray hall. |
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In the garden there is a small pond. The water is very clear, and we can see beautiful carps. The carps are really beautiful! Usually a good gold carp is over 100,000 yen. These carps are Japanese original. Japanese Richmen's dream is to have a house with a large pond where swim many gold carps. |
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Well, let's go to pray. But, at first we mush wash our hands. After having washed hands with cold water, we feel our minds washed and clean. With a dirty mind, what can we pray for? |
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This is the pray hall. It's wooden and very
old. And usually we don't enter into the hall. We pray on the top of the steps. Inside, there are statues. When we have troubles in mind, we ask to the priest to pray for us. Now, I finished praying. For what? For the peace in the World! |
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This is the main gate of Jindaiji. This gate too, it's wooden and very old. Sometimes Japanese temples seem very old farmer houses. Why must we decorate temples with jewels and gold? No! The most important thing is people's mind for pray. Do you agree with me? |
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I found a plate that introduces Jindaiji
history. But, sad enough, Japanese explanation differs from English explanation. Anyway, can you see the number 733 in the Japanese explanation? Yes, this temple is founded in 733. |