Inside Kamakura Temple

The temple which has this remarkable garden is the Kamakura Hasedera Temple. It was built by a monk in 721 … More

Planting around temples

Our last day in Japan. We had decided to follow a recommendation and go and see the big Buddha at … More

After breakfast I went over to the congress centre and collected my bag and programme and then walked from there … More

The Thunderbird from Kyoto to Osaka we had only taken 25 minutes and seemed to get there before we had … More

The last day of ‘holiday’ –we have reserved seats on the Shinkansen to Yokohama train so must leave the hotel … More

From the museum we went back to the park for some lunch and then took the underground from a different … More

Walking on through the quarter we came to the Gangoji temple. Behind the present temple is a very nice peaceful … More

We re-traced our steps and set out for the Todaiji temple hoping to see two gardens on our way. We … More

After that we decided to head for the ‘Silver’ pavilion but on the corner we found a fast food place … More

The Australian couple told us that when they had been here 10 years ago they had also visited a museum … More