05/12/2018

Osaka and Koyasan

Osaka – tendon

Osaka city

Osaka castle moat

Walking to the entrance

Past the first gate

For those unwilling to walk

Castle in the distance

Castle up front

Leaving the castle

Crazy Osaka shopping district

Veggies ready

Meat ready

Let’s swish swish – shabu shabu

Waiting

For the train

At the base of Koyasan

Up on the mountain

Buddhist monasteries with autumn leaves

The ever green surroundings

Someone to show you the way if you are lost

A tranquil garden

A tranquil inhabitant

Strolling outside past the temples

With beautiful scenery

Checking out the entrance to Okunoin. Resting place for 300,000

Inside

Serenely peaceful

Back outside for a view of more autumn leaves

Down corridors topped with red leaves

Or lined with yellow

The temple where we stayed

And the inside

Dinner – monk food

All vegetarian

Although rather good

The cemetary at night

Where we had a ghostly tour

Having survived the night, this is breakfast – monk food

Revealed

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Tags: autumn leaves, Buddhism, cemetery, japan, koyasan, monk food, osaka, osaka castle, osaka jo, shabushabu, shojin ryori, Temple