This is an autumnal scene in the precincts of old Buddhist temple called Ban-na-ji (鑁阿寺） founded in 1196 by Ashikaga Yoshikane. The temple has been designated the Important Cultural Property of Japan since 1950 based on the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. The structure shown in the image above is the bell tower or belfry that is also one of the Important Cultural Properties of Japan. I love the town of Ashikaga that is tasteful or atmospheric town like little Kyoto. However, unfortunately, there are no Maiko in Ashikaga.
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There is a huge ginkgo tree in the front garden of the historic Buddhist temple in Ashikaga-shi, Tochigi Pref. Japan where is about 20 miles away from my town.
According to a botanist's opinion, the age of this ginkgo tree is estimated to be over 500 years old. The height of the tree is 100 feet and a trunk of the tree is 25 feet around in girth.
This tree is called The Tree of Matchmaking. Because, it is said that young men and women had marriage meetings under this tree in the Edo period.
By the way, this historic Buddhist temple was founded in 12th century by Ashikaga Yoshikane.
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I found flowers in a park when I took a stroll in my neighbourhood. The flowers were already past their best to view. But, I tried to take a photo of such flowers. These are still beautiful flowers enough!
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This photo was taken in the park just beside of curved road. I took this photo when the maple tree was illuminated by the headlights of a car.
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Autumn has come to such small leaves, too!!
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I found wild flowers called Gentiana scabra or Japanese gentian in a thicket when I strolled around a park.
We called it "Rindou" in Japanese and it's a typical autumnal flower in Japan. Normally, it starts to bloom from end of August to end of September. However, the flowers of Gentiana scabra are still in bloom. As for the flowering of the Gentiana scabra being late, heat in September and October is thought to be a reason. According to the information from the Meteorological Agency of Japan, the average temperature of September and October in my area was 1.8 degrees Celsius higher than the past years.
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I'm now addicted to street snapshot since I bought a 12mm (equivalent to 24mm on 35mm camera) of single focal length lens with an exceptionally compact design and f2.0 aperture.
The compact lens just fits with compact body of Olympus Pen E-P3.
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The image had been edited by Aviary that is a software to enhance the image.
Incidentally, the turtle head can be seen in the photo above. Which part is it?
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It would be so nice if I could ride such gorgeous car at only one time in my lifetime.
The photo above was taken at The Peninsula Hotel, Tokyo by Olympus Pen E-P3 with Foigtlander Nokton 25mm F0.95.
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Supposedly, such an old double-decker called Routemaster can't be seen in London anymore.
I used to ride on upper deck, and I loved to look around the city of London.
Ginkgo leaves have just started to turn yellow in the central of Tokyo. The photo above was taken between the Imperial Palace and the Tokyo station. The red brick coloured building in centre front is the Tokyo station that it has been completed the restoration work to its the original state last month.
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In order to promote the tourism to the UNESCO World Heritage in Nikko, the two shrines and a temple are lighted up from November 1st to 3rd. The lighting ceremony and concerts were held at the Toushou-gu shrine on Nov. 1st. The five-story pagoda, built in 1818, is one of the building in 42 buildings of Toushou-gu shrine.
It is now best time to see autumnal colors surrounding area of the shrines and temple.
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