Situated on a small hill in Ueno Park which used to be part of the vast grounds of Kaneji Temple is an "inspired" version of the Kiyomizudera in Kyoto called Kiyomizu Kannon-do. Originally built in 1631 and is one of the sub-temples of Kaneji Temple. This temple is dedicated to the goddess of conception and child bearing so many women come to pray. If you take time to visit this temple, you will notice a pine tree shaped into a circle. This tree is called “Tsuki no Matsu” (月の松 pine tree of the moon). This pine tree is the symbol of the temple but the original was lost due to a typhoon in the early Meiji era however it was restored after 150 years to revive the landscape of Edo (Edo is the old way of saying Tokyo). For a closer look, go up to the platform of the temple you can see Ueno Park’s Shinobazu Pond through the interesting shaped tree. Here I have added two images made by the Ukiyoe artist, Utagawa Hiroshige in the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo this pine tree (taken from the National Diet Library collection) depicting the pine tree. The present tree took about three and a half years to make, they began with four trees and two of them failed. If you search you will be able to see a one small tree planted in the corner of the precincts saved as a reserve. #Ueno #Uenopark #themoreyouknow #knowledgeispower #history #historic #japan #tokyo #japão #traditional #architecture #japan_vacations #explorejapan #visitjapan #japanbound #nippon #nipponlovers #jepang #japanfocus #discoverjapan #japanawaits #일본 #Япония #ประเทศญี่ปุ่น #visitjapanjp #tokio
