room at the guest house at Tekishinjuku, Kyoto Kokusai Zendo
This is the room where I stayed at the Zen center. It's not in the temple itself but in an lovely old farmhouse just down the road.
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zen garden outside the guesthouse, Tekishinjuku
Tom Swiss
Thu, 05/31/2007 - 17:02
just outside the door
A-bomb dome, Hiroshima
The Hiroshima bomb exploded just about over this building, which is now maintained as a memorial.
marching band on the streets of Kyoto
Tom Swiss
Sun, 05/20/2007 - 00:58
a marching band from a local university, on a Tuesday night in Kyoto.
At Basho's grave
Tom Swiss
Sun, 05/20/2007 - 00:37
At the grave of haiku master Matsuo Basho, in Otsu, near Lake Biwa.
Tanuki!
Tom Swiss
Sat, 05/12/2007 - 03:59
group of large tanuki figures. The tanuki, a sort of racoon-dog, is a trickster figure in Japanese folklore, known for his love of sake and his large testicles.
It's interesting that I've seen these figures at some Zen temples.
Tom at Mukai Kyorai's grave
Tom Swiss
Sat, 05/12/2007 - 03:56
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At haiku poet Mukai Kyorai's grave, noted for it's small (~40 cm high) gravestone.