【東北】【岩手】平泉毛越寺

Since its the season to view some nice autumn scene

here I will show you 

one of the spot to see pretty scenery of red leaves

This spot is located at Tohoku site

right north of Japan

near Hokkaido but very far from Tokyo

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Buddhism Temple

Moutsuji Temple

毛越寺

(Official site here)

at Hiraizumi, Iwate prefecture

平泉，岩手県

This place was listed at the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage

世界文化遺産に登録された

This temple is a bit similar to Chusonji

which I intro that before (see post here)

I prefer the scenery at Chusonji though hahaha

well its good to see more things

learn more and experience more

This is one of my field trip provided by my scholarship association

most of my trip is being sponsored

(I am not that rich as you may think... I am just lucky enough to be sponsored)

Here we go!!

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Here is the entrance

there is an entrance fee of 500yen

Lets go in!!

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Here I just copy the explanation from the official website

Motsuji was founded by Ennin (Jikaku Daishi)

though most of its structures were not built until the twelfth century

when the second and third Hiraizumi Fujiwara lords, Motohira and Hidehira

brought the temple to prominence. 

At its peak, Motsuji was a complex of 40 halls and stupas, and 500 monks' quarters. 

The temple is said to have exceeded even Chusonji Temple in size and magnificence. 

However, after the fall of the Fujiwara at the close of the twelfth century

several terrible fires reduced every last one of those buildings to ashes. 

The only original feature remaining is the Pure Land Garden centered on Oizumi ga Ike Pond. 

This outstanding twelfth century garden specimen was almost completely preserved 

and has been designated a Special Historic Site and Special Place of Scenic Beauty 
by the Japanese government. 

The architecture of the new Hondo (Main Hall), completed in 1989
is faithful to the temple's Heian era roots.

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After the entrance

here is the map of the whole area



Then here comes the main temple

From here lets enjoy the trees and ponds nature scenery

Hope you all enjoy!

This is a small river

where the poems will gather here every year once

sitting beside the river under a big umbrella

and start to think of something to write

after they wrote the poem

they will start read and put the written poem onto a paper boat

and let it flow through the river

From here

There are lots of pole alike stuff placing all where

It is actually a sign 

that at that spot

was "The building" in the past

for example city hall, library, ......

That's all for now

Hope you enjoy the autumn scenery in the Tohoku area!!

【Nail】Halloween Night

Nail time

Although Halloween just passed few days ago

I had decided to have a graveyard with lots of crosses

here is the illustration

Here is the base

mixed color with light blue and light lavender

Then here is how my artworks looks like

my left hand

I broke my thumb nail

so it is a bit short (>.<)

This is my right hand

Pig breast for experiment

Being so busy lately

reports and reports and reports

Few days ago 

I was having a chat with my friend

I was telling her that I will be doing an experiment with 

Pig Breast

She was shocked

Pig Breast????!!!!

Then she said

photo!! photo!!

That was the inspiration from her for me to show you all

this a bit "disgusting" post

please forgive me

hahaha

Here I will show you how is the pig breast looks like

for my experiment

But I will not show you all

what experiment I will conduct

as that is still 

confidential 

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So here is how I get a Pig Breast in Japan

First I call up the supplier and order the pig breast

The price of the pig breast is being calculated in weight

1 breast with 1 nipple is around 800yen

After placing order

The pig breast will be received in a box

of course here we have such service that

our post is being delivered in cool storage

you will be receiving your post in a cold condition

Just imagine if your pig is not being kept in a cold storage

I will be fainting with the bad rotten smell

haha

The pig breast is being placed inside a thick plastic bag

news paper to prevent leakage I perhaps

Here comes the pig breast

There is lots of milk inside

well

its a breast!!!

you will have milk inside the mammary gland

where milk is being produced

I ordered 2 breast

which has 2 nipple

It looks clean

(My friend commented)

Actually is you zoom in

It has a lot of FUR or I can say is HAIR

Behind of this pretty breast

this part will be disgusting though

please be prepare

This part consist of the muscle of the pig

So there is lots of more reddish part

That similar to the pork meat that we can buy at the market

So are you ready???

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Here we go!!

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Da dah!!! Please do not vomit!

After cut off all the fats and muscle part

I am using only the mammary gland part for my experiment

This kind of photo is being published in the IEEE International conference paper

So it is opened for viewing

I just only can show my stuff until here

upon here is still confidential

Hope you all "enjoy"

Please forgive me xD

haha

【東北】【岩手】平泉中尊寺

Buddhist temple

Chusonji Temple

中尊寺

at Hiraizumi, Iwate prefecture

平泉，岩手県

which is located north of Japan

near Hokkaido

was listed as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage

世界文化遺産

This place is full of nice scenery of nature

really relaxing

not much things to share

just lots of shots of the pretty scenery

Heading to Kyu-Oido

Now lets guess why people are gathering around the pillar

so whats so special about it?

If you go closer

you may see lots of coin being inserted into the pillar

through the crack of the pillar

There is a small bamboo forest

Here is the road leads to the Noh building

Noh is a Japanese Theatre

where I introduce previously

at some spot from the temple area

you can enjoy the street view from the top