Monday, July 21, 2014

Sushi socks


take them off and roll them into sushi rolls. They are from Sukeno.

Saturday, July 19, 2014

'Rock Garden' from Ryoanji


The garden is a rectangle of 248 square meters. Fifteen stones of different sizes are placed within it, surrounded by white gravel, which is carefully raked each day by the monks.
The stones are placed so that the entire composition cannot be seen at once from the veranda. They are also arranged so that when looking at the garden from any angle (other than from above) only fourteen of the boulders are visible at one time. It is said that only through attaining enlightenment would one be able to view the fifteenth boulder.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Ryoanji temple


Ryōan-ji (The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is located in northwest Kyoto.
The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui ("dry landscape"), a refined type of Japanese Zen temple garden.
you go up the mountainous path from the gate through maple trees to the ‘rock garden’.