#explore asia

Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before. Go explore the world!

Hakone, Japan

working through old photos I’ve taken.

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Leshan Buddha gazes over the point where 2 rivers meet and subdivide around islands creating five branches. The Buddha itself is formed in the red stone of the hill over 1000 years ago and the surrounding green area is filled with temples and caves with ever more Buddha's. Plants and moss grow from his toes and ears, as part of his natural entropic consumption and making visible his magnitude. Many monks come to visit and pray, some even have selfies sticks - which is quite a funny sight given the western idealistic perspective of Buddhism, which is often far from the religion as practiced in the east - where others just light candles and insense. Since the great stone Buddha in Bamyan, Afghanistan was destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 (yes there was Buddhism in Afghanistan), this is now the largest Buddha statue in the world. Leshan, Sichuan, China.

We then cycled to Kamigamo-jinja (上賀茂神社). It was such a beautiful day today and we were greeted by numerous wedding ceremonies taking place at the shrine which was interesting to see. We wandered around the grounds and up to the view point.