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#kyoto

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Tanuki.no.mori
Weeping cherry tree in bloom at Maruyama Park 🌸

One of Kyoto's most iconic trees, locals call it 'Gion shidare-zakura' (the weeping cherry tree of Gion). The original tree, which lived for over 200 years, has passed, and this second tree was planted in 1949.
Its sister tree stands at Honmanji Temple.

In the park, other cherry trees are planted, creating picturesque scenery.

📸 04/03/2025
📍Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City

#photography #japan #kyoto #landscape #travel
#travel
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Tanuki.no.mori

Weeping cherry tree in bloom at Maruyama Park 🌸

One of Kyoto's most iconic trees, locals call it 'Gion shidare-zakura' (the weeping cherry tree of Gion). The original tree, which lived for over 200 years, has passed, and this second tree was planted in 1949.
Its sister tree stands at Honmanji Temple.

In the park, other cherry trees are planted, creating picturesque scenery.

📸 04/03/2025
📍Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City

#photography#japan#kyoto
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Steve McCarty 🇯🇵

A basic walk in Kyoto is from the Kawaramachi Station area along shops to Yasaka Shrine, then Maruyama Park (first photo). But instead of turning right toward the traditional shops along the slope and reaching the world heritage temple Kiyomizudera, I sometimes turn left and go along the slope to Chion-In (other three photos), the national head temple of a Pure Land Buddhist sect. Pure Land Buddhism has the most adherents in Japan, and this is a very large-scale temple for parishioners and members nationwide, rather than a sort of outdoor museum or monument like Kiyomizudera and most other major tourist attractions.

Everywhere in Kyoto and other prefectures is gorgeous during the fleeting cherry blossom viewing season, so any walking route with a lot of cultivated nature is rewarding to experience now.

Iconic weeping sakura in Maruyama Park in Kyoto
The huge gate to Chion-In
Pagoda area of Chion-In during the brief cherry blossom viewing season
The huge bell of Chion-In that is rung on O-Bon for returning spirits in August, and it rings in the New Year on national TV.
#Japan#Kyoto#travel
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