Monday was a hot mess. I was supposed to go to a taiko concert but due to inattention to detail, I ended up in the wrong city nearly two hours away from the concert. So much to my dismay, I missed the concert. However, after I ceremoniously bashed my head against that mountain of a mole hill, I decided to make the best of the day. I finally went to Hiraizumi.Here's the ridiculous thing: Hiraizumi is a town only 30 minutes or so south of Kitakami. It's close, it's inexpensive and it's beautiful, I've just been procrastinating. But after going, I'm glad I did and I plan on going back soon to see Ooizumi ike (Ooizumi Pond) and Buddhist grounds known as Kanjizaio-in Ato. On the grounds is the large and beautiful Mostu-ji temple and a famous water feature: a pond that is designed to replicate the Japanese landscape including smooth, stoney beaches and jagged cliffs and mountains.
It was nice to walk around the grounds and just let go. I stopped thinking about my latest screw ups and was able to just focus on the simultaneous simplicity and grandeur of nature and Japanese religion living together. So here we go, that's as deep as I'm getting. Pictures!
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| Harvest season! |
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| Remember Senso-ji in Tokyo? |
I took a little walk into the woods and found something beautiful.
Oh and today we had a typhoon in Northern Japan. This is the beautiful aftermath. I followed it all the way home from school!
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