Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Along the JR Kyoto-Nara line

Todai-ji in Nara- the worlds largest and oldest wood building?
The Great Buddha Hall is 187 feet wide, 160 feet tall and 165 feet deep and contains a 50 foot tall Buddha with ears over 8 feet long!

Thinning pine needles in Uji near Byodo-in.

The contemporary museum hidden in the hill at Byodo-in.

Blossoms at Byodo-in.

The Phoenix Hall at Byodo-in, Uji.

Torii big and small at Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto.

Walking down the mountain through the torii at Fushimi Inari.

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