Festival lanterns at Hiraizumi Station |
Tsukimi-zaka slope to Chūson-ji |
Buddhist altar at the foot of Kan-zan |
Steps down to a lesser temple building |
Patches of sun breaking through the trees |
Dragon-lion statue at Benkei-dō |
Benkei-dō detail |
Chatting beside a rural panorama |
Smaller temple hall along the ascent |
Yaezakura blossoms and Iwate countryside |
Yakushi-dō (Medicine Hall) |
Detail with hanging paper, Yakushi-dō |
Lantern and banners at the Hon-dō (Main Hall) |
Hon-dō, Chūson-ji |
Leading a tour group out of the Hon-dō |
Visitors at the temizuya, Hon-dō |
Jizō outside Fudō-dō |
Tying omikuji at Mine-yakushi-dō |
Dainichi-dō |
Barred entrance to the Konjiki-dō (Golden Hall) |
Konjiki-dō main approach |
Altars and jizō by the Konjiki-dō |
Concrete hall housing the Konjiki-dō |
Steps leading to Tenman-gū |
Time-weathered old hall |
Statue of Matsuo Bashō |
Approach to Hakusan-jinja |
Thatched roof of Nō Butai, Hakusan-jinja |
Frontal view of the Nō stage |
Miniature shrines in honor of the Chinese Zodiac |
Hakusan-jinja Nō Butai |
Gateway along the Tsukimi-zaka |
Jājāmen noodles - an Iwate speciality |
Having a rest in Kyūkanjizaiō-in Teien |
Hand-fishing kids in Kyūkanjizaiō-in Teien |
Overview of the Jōdo-style garden |
Jōdo (Pure Land) Garden and pond at Mōtsū-ji |
Hon-dō at Mōtsū-ji |
Incense urn at the Hon-dō, Mōtsū-ji |
Narrow island and far side of the pond |
Small tree and resting boat, Mōtsū-ji |
Kaizan-dō at Mōtsū-ji |
View across the rice paddy to the pond |
Incense urn near the Kaizan-dō |
Pair of dragon boats across the pond |
Remains of Kyōrō |
Heian-era style yarimizu (Feeder Stream) |
Little islet at the pondside |
Winding yarimizu |
Small bridge over the feeder stream |
Buddha near the Jōgyō-dō (Circumambulation Hall) |
Shoes at the steps, Jōgyō-dō |
Maple branches beside the pond |
Rocky cape in miniature |
Haiku monuments carved by Bashō |
English translation of Bashō's famous haiku |
View along the pond to the Keizan-dō |
Rocks off the "cape" |
Sidewalk beside Hiraizumi's main street |
Southbound local train at Hiraizumi Station |