I don't remember the name of this temple, but it had a lot of cherry trees in the courtyard. I don't remember the explanation for the bright orange paint frequently used in temples, but the orange does make for nice photos.
We had dinner at a restaurant that specializes in Okonomiyake, similar to an omelette, but with a lot of filings, like cabbage, noodles, and bonito flakes, and cooked on a griddle in the middle of each table. It's fun to watch as well as to eat. Here are 3 of them in different stages of preparation. After a while, the server turns them over to finish.
The Fushimi Inari Shrine is known for its thousands of red torii gates over a network of trails that run through a forest along the side of Mount Inari. There were a lot of people so I had to be patient to get this photo.
The pond was full of cherry blossoms:
Here are photos of our meal:
This is a soup made with sweet azuki beans and mochi. Japanese comfort food.
We had a series of dishes that were exquisitely arranged and were just as tasty:
These are photos of our visit to the Kinkaku-ji (the golden pavilion). The golden color is from extensive use of gold leaf. There were throngs of people, so we were lucky to be able to get some photos wo the hordes.
Better view of the Golden Pavilion:
We had dinner at a restaurant that specializes in Okonomiyake, similar to an omelette, but with a lot of filings, like cabbage, noodles, and bonito flakes, and cooked on a griddle in the middle of each table. It's fun to watch as well as to eat. Here are 3 of them in different stages of preparation. After a while, the server turns them over to finish.
The Fushimi Inari Shrine is known for its thousands of red torii gates over a network of trails that run through a forest along the side of Mount Inari. There were a lot of people so I had to be patient to get this photo.
No comments:
Post a Comment