Kansai area
During the Kansai trip with the Japan Prizewinners Program, we visited
Nara, and we stayed at a ryokan (a Japanese
style hotel) on Mount Hiei, where we also took
part in a Buddhist zen session at five o'clock in the morning. With Hitachi,
I had the opportunity to visit Hiroshima. Here's a picture of what has
been turned into the A-bomb memorial. Close to
Hiroshima is an island called Miya-jima, which
is famous for its tori (gate to a shrine) in the sea. It is said
to be one of the most beautiful places in Japan.
Nara
The daibutsu (large statue of Buddha) in Nara.
Nara is - like Kyoto - a former capital of Japan.
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Mount Hiei
During the Kansai trip, we stayed at a ryokan, a
Japanese style hotel, at Mount Hiei. When we woke up
early in the morning to join the zen session in the temple,
it had snown and here's one of the pretty views at
the mountain top.
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A-bomb memorial
This building is located near to the place,
where the nuclear bomb was dropped
in the second World War. Today it is a reminder
of the threat nuclear weapons are to our world.
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Miya-jima
The famous tori (gate) at Miya-jima. The island is said
to be
one of the most beautiful places in all of Japan.
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