🌄🚃THE GOLDEN WEEK⛱️😎
April 29th is the start of 'Golden Week' (ゴールデンウィーク), a series of national holidays that follow in short succession.
We begin with 'Shōwa-no-hi' (昭和の日 'Shōwa Day'), the birthday of Emperor Shōwa (昭和天皇 aka Hirohito 裕仁 1901-89).
#Japan #GoldenWeek
Nao-san copies sutras at Shorin-ji.
The checkerboard moss and stone garden at Tofuku-ji.
Nao-san enjoys a morning matcha at Shorin-ji.
Beautiful flower arrangement in the purification font at Shorin-ji. A small clay frog and giant salamander omikuji holders sit on the font edge.
