Showing posts with label Hydrangea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hydrangea. Show all posts

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Hydrangea at Hasedera

Hydrangea at Kamakura
Hydrangeas are in season in Japan, one famous place to appreciate the hydrangeas is the gardens at Hasedera in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture.

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Pond at Hasedera
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Hasedera temple is a famous Buddhist temple, with beautifully manteined gardens. The temple is a popular destination for worshipers, getting specially crowded on Hydrangeas season.

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There were large queues to enter the garden and the garden itself was too busy to fully appreciate the hydrangeas.

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Hydrangea
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Sagami bay
After all the blooming Hydrangeas with view to the temple and the Sagami bay made the wait and queueing worthwile.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Festival at Hakusan shrine

Hakusan shrine's Hydrangea festival
Tokyo’s Hakusan shrine celebrates the Hydrangea festival in early summer.

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Hydrangea flowers surround the temple and provide a colorful welcome to worshipers.

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Paper lanterns at an ablution pavilion at the shrine.

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