The sound of the wind chimes are supposed to evoke a "cool" feeling.
Also Buddhism believe that these wind chimes ward off evil.
This temple has many rose plants and also has a rose festival during the Spring and Autumn (which I hope we will be back to see).
I think it might be a rare thing to see western rose plants on a Buddhist temple ground.
I know when we were looking for flowers for my mom's funeral, roses (her favorite) were apparently not a good choice.
They didn't really have a system and it was chaotic, so after being blown off and then being told they had run out of ice, we made our way to the hotel we would be staying at.
I will post about this hotel in a separate post.
(one more photo to click on to see a video I shot)
After freshening up and cooling down a bit, we went to search for dinner, we were again blown off by an apparently "reservations only" place...um, when your waitress/wife looks at us as we enter, and you, the chef/owner do the same, not even saying "irrashaimase" (welcome), not even approaching to tell us it is a "reservations only" place...we leave.
In the end, we ended up at a tiny izakaya near the station called Hiroan and the food was so good!
They didn't have those amuse bouche (things you pay for but didn't order)...whoo! so our total bill (with a beer, sake & cocktail) came out to a little over 5000 yen (which is cheap for us, usually our bill comes out to 7000 or so)
Ofusa Kannon
6-22 Ousa-cho
Kashihara, Nara
Phone: 0744.22.2212
Hours: 7:00-17:00
Hiroan
1-9-6 Yagi-cho
Kashihara, Nara
Phone: 0744.23.5672
Open from 17:00
Closed Tuesdays
6 comments:
Glad that other peoples' stress didn't create any in you guys. The food looks wonderful . . . especially the refreshing-looking yuzu cocktail thingy!
that yamaimo okra salad looks soooo good! I think I could use that ume shiso vinegar to make a dressing. My mouth is pukering already just thinking about it!
v
Thanks Jalna, that yuzu cocktail thingy was so good!
yeah I'm sure you could recreate this V! besides the yamaimo & okra there was also cucumber, daikon & tomato (oh and katsuo bushi) :)
Take care you two!
Kat
those wind chimes are just the coolest! (no pun intended) I was stoked to find koinobori at that lotus/water lily event a few weeks ago and probably paid too much for a couple of them, but I ♥ how they make me feel when I see them blowing in the wind.
Glad you found a welcoming place Kat. Food looks pretty good too.
so neat that you were able to get some koinobori Rowena!
indeed Kirk!
Take care you two!
Kat
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