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brigittemeyer said:

Beautiful !!! ...like+fav...
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Yuichi Azuma said:

Yakushi-ji (薬師寺) is one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan, located in Nara. The temple is the headquarters of the Hossō school of Japanese Buddhism. Yakushi-ji is one of the sites that are collectively inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, under the name of "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara." The main object of veneration, Yakushi Nyorai, also named "The Medicine Buddha", was one of first Buddhist Deities to arrive in Japan from China in 680, and gives the temple its name. 　The original Yakushi-ji was built in Fujiwara-kyō, Japan's capital in the Asuka period, commissioned by Emperor Temmu in 680 to pray for recovery from illness for his consort, who succeeded him as Empress Jitō. This act of building temples in devotion to Buddhist figures was a common practice among Japanese nobility when Buddhism was first imported from China and Korea. Emperor Temmu（天武） had died by the time Empress Jitō（持統） completed the complex around 698; and it was disassembled and moved to Nara eight years after the Imperial Court settled in what was then the new capital. It has been long believed that the temple was moved to its present location in 718, following the move of the capital to Heijō-kyō（平城京） known today as Nara. However, excavations of the Fujiwara-kyō（藤原京） Yakushi-ji site in the 1990s suggest that there may have been two Yakushi-ji at one time. The Fujiwara-kyō Yakushi-ji is also referred to as Moto Yakushi-ji (元 moto, original). Fires destroyed most buildings of the complex in 973, and the main hall in 1528. Much hard work has been put in to restoration: the main hall was rebuilt in the 1970s, and the entire temple is now completely restored. 　The East Pagoda (東塔 Tō-tō), completed in 730, is the only original 8th-century structure at Yakushi-ji. The structure stands at 34 metres (112 ft), and is regarded as one of the finest pagodas in Japan, representing Hakuhō（白鳳） to Tenpyō（天平） period architecture. The East Pagoda has just three stories, but seems to have six because of the presence of inter-storey pent roofs (裳階 mokoshi). The structure is topped by a distinctive globe-shaped finial. The East Pagoda was disassembled for repair work from 1898-1900, and disassembled again in 2012. The central pillar of the pagoda (心柱 shinbashira) had corroded, and edges of the eaves of the pagoda had sagged. A seven-storey scaffold completely surrounds the East Tower, and repair work will continue to 2018.


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Yuichi Azuma said:

ルピナスの花が折れ曲がり、ビッグバードのように見えました。


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Ujigami Shrine (宇治上神社 ) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Uji in Kyoto Pref.. The shrine was built as a guardian shrine for the nearby Byōdō-in（平等院）, and is adjacent to the Uji Shrine（宇治神社）. In 1994, it was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto". The honden（本殿） and haiden（拝殿） have been designated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs as National Treasures in the category shrines. The Ujigami Shrine is dedicated to the Emperor Ōjin（応神天皇） and his sons, the imperial princes Uji no Wakiiratsuko（菟道稚郎子命） and Emperor Nintoku.（仁徳天皇） Uji no Wakiiratsuko committed suicide to solve a dispute over the imperial succession, and the shrine was built in his honor. The honden of the Ujigami Shrine is known as the oldest example of nagare-zukuri（流造） style of shrine architecture in Japan. In this style of architecture the three inner shrine structure are built side-by-side, with the structure in the middle being larger than those to the left and right. The honden dates to the late Heian period (794 – 1185). The haiden is built in the shinden-zukuri（寝殿造） style, and its roof in the sugaruhafu style. The haiden dates to the Kamakura period (1185 – 1333). The Kasuga Shrine, also within the shrine precinct, dates to the same period. The shrine is noted for its freshwater spring. Ujigami Shrine was found via digital dendrochronology to be the oldest original Shinto shrine in Japan. The Nara Research Institute for Cultural Properties（奈良文化財研究所） determined that the shrine was built in approximately 1060, which closely matches the written account of the founding of the shrine. Until the Meiji Period (1868 – 1912) the Uji and Ujigami shrines were collectively known as the Rikukamisha. The annual festival of the Ujigami Shrine is held on May 5th.


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Shisen-dō (詩仙堂) is a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō Zen sect in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is registered as a historic site of Japan. It stands on the grounds of its founder, the Edo period intellectual Ishikawa Jōzan (石川丈山,1583–1672), who established the temple in 1641. A room in the main temple displays portraits of thirty-six Chinese poets. The selection of the poets was based on the opinion of Hayashi Razan. The portraits were executed by Kanō Tan'yū. This and some other parts of the building date to the time of Ishikawa Jōzan. The temple's gardens are considered masterworks of Japanese gardens. One of them includes a device called a sōzu, a type of shishi-odoshi designed to scare away wild animals such as deer by making a loud noise. Water trickles into a bamboo tube, and when it reaches a certain level, it upsets the balance of the tube. The tube tips over on a pivot, discharging the water, and turns upright, striking a rock and emitting a loud clapping noise.


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Yuichi Azuma said:

Dear Rainer2, Thanks. I equipped a 300-mm F2.8 telephoto lens with the extension tube, and took this photo. Greetings from Japan, Yuichi


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Yuichi Azuma said:

Dear chatzis33, Thank you. It is very difficult to express a delicate color. T. cordata Mill. is a linden which lasts to Caucasus from Europe. Greetings from Japan, Yuichi


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Yuichi Azuma said:

Querido Sr. Takarada, Obrigado pelo comentário. O frete terminal de Japão Frete Estrada de ferro Companhia (JR Freight) (Umeda Freight Filial de T.kaid. Linha de Main), fechado em 2013, também foi chamado Umeda. Saudações de Osaka, Yuichi


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Taraven said:

Yes, I noticed it is similar to a bat, also like a very exotic insect :)


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Taraven said:

Thank you for the information Yuichi. So it is fragrant as well as beautiful :) How wonderful!!


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Yuichi Azuma Nice to meet you. I am Yuichi Azuma. I was born in Kiinagashimacho(now Kihoku-cho), Kitamuro-gun, Mie Pref.. I spent time in Amagasaki-shi, HyogoPref. for childhood. I live near Shin-Osaka Station, and it is already 30 years now. My hobby is photograph. Iit is since the age of the elementary s chool upper grades for approximately 50 years at the beginning. I take pictures of various genres, for example, nature, scenery , animals, insects, plants(flowes) and building now. Of course I take the person. I enjoy photo with friends humorously. As for the greed for photo, place and subject open steadily even if I get old without running out. When it is this year, I think whether I cannot help it through a photograph what it is.

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