Go tell it on the mountain, dear,
before the sun departs,
for fearful songs shall soon appear
within our quaking hearts.
Four
A group of friends visit Hasadera Temple on a rainy March day.
Kamakura, Japan
March 2016
I promise that my next post will be writing. Recently, I purchased a new camera and have been eager to experiment with it! Cheers!
Path to Prayer
On a rainy March day, a woman stops to pray at Hasadera Temple.
Kamakura, Japan
March 2016
Great Buddha of Kamakura
This bronze statue of the Amida Buddha can be found at Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura, Japan. It has a height of 13.35 meters, making it the second tallest bronze Buddha statue in Japan. The Kamakura Buddha was cast in 1252.
March, 2016
Perfect Plums
Plum trees in Japan are starting to bloom. Spring is here!
Kofu, Japan
March 2016
Closing Time
Two middle-school boys ride their bikes home in the late afternoon.
Kofu, Japan
March 2016
out there in the dark
This is a self-portrait that I took at the Sakamiko Illumination. I am standing in an enclosed walk-through tube that has walls which project a revolving kaleidoscope of colored light. I was only able to look directly at the ceiling for a few seconds before the luminance’s intensity forced me to look away.
Sagamihara, Japan
February 2016
Radiant Route
Yesterday, I visited the Sagamiko Illumination. In Japan, light displays are very popular during the winter season.
The Sakamiko display is the largest illumination in the Kanto area. The theme this year is Great Britain and they used 5.5 million lights!
The Sagamiko Illumination will run until April 10th. Catch it if you can!
website
Sagamiko Illumination
Cinquain/LXXXIV
tanks creep
through silent street,
for we have gone to sleep,
and cannot wake up to defeat
the fleet
Sun Sneak
I found this cat sunning itself on our laundry deck. She let me take this photograph before she ran away.
Kofu, Japan/February 2016
sundry folly 