The Japanese celebrate cherry blossoms
And though we truly respect their attention to this delightful sign of spring we are generally adverse to crowds and avoids the blossoms in the main garden. I have vowed to ride under the cherry blossoms near our Tokyo home every day. Their sweet smell fills the air.
You do not have to cut down old trees!
These guys are working hard to prop
this pine up ....could last another 25 years or more. Great artfulness is attended to every branch and intense care is taken of every old tree especially in temple grounds.
This palace space has been redone in the old construction .. No nails, wooden pegs and slings.
Some of the huge walls have a circular pattern and little rocks used to chink the huge rounded boulders but this one is smooth fitted rocks of irregular sizes. I think this one would withstand more attacks don't you?
Two old ones here propped up.
I've seen this symbol in on a Buddhist
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