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
★★★★★
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!!
★★★★★
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.
★★★★★
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!!
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