Tag: scenery

Hiroshima, Hiroshima

Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima

Mine, Yamaguchi

Beppu, Ohita

Oguni, Kumamoto

Takachiho, Miyazaki

Hyuga, Miyazaki

Minamiohsumi, Kagoshima

Kagoshima, Kagoshima

Minamikyushu, Kagoshima

Minamata, Kumamoto

Minamata, Kumamoto

Ohmura, Nagasaki

Nagasaki, Nagasaki

Sasebo, Nagasaki

Karatsu, Saga

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

Ohta, Shimane

Izumo, Shimane

Tottori, Tottori

Miyazu, Kyoto

Takayama, Gifu

Azumino, Nagano

Fujikawaguchi, Yamanashi

Ohme, Tokyo

Miura, Kanagawa

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White in the light, blue in the shade. They bloom with the faint morning dew at the beginning of summer.

They will brighten their face while waiting for the fruition. With an anxious look on it, they would cower down in the shade.

Rejoice at a joy, grieve at a grief. There is no contradiction between the feeling and the deed, see things as they are, live naturally.

Miura, Kanagawa

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The sun sets in, the moon runs after. As the sky darkens, the light of moon grows more bright.

Wandering around on the earth, I am blown by the wind, lapped by the waves. Changed the shape of the mind and the body, I lose something and would be polished.  

The time passes, the people get old. While the lives are running out of their time, what is the thing that shines more brightly?

Izu, Shizuoka

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The clouds which cover the moon do glimmer, the waves which are ruffled by the wind also reflect the dim light. Even the things that cover lights or rage on the water compose the place where the light should be.

Human’s brilliance is raised in hardships. As long as we seek the light, even the dark clouds and the rough waves do not conduct us to the disappointment.

The beings that perceive light and pursue light must have the same characteristic as light.

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka

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On the dunes, there is a route which was stroked by the wind. The tracks of a man are the tracks of the heart’s motion.

As there is one grain of sand, there is one drop of wind. As there is a man who is alone, there is a heart which is solitary. 

Gathering together, the sands swell up and engrave the wind on itself. Getting together in a place, we project our hearts on the insides of each other.

Ise, Mie

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The Ise Shrine — the greatest, and the newest sacred place all the time in this country. Even though we can not look at the main shrine directly because of the curtains in front of it, all the worshippers would be deeply impressed with its presence.

Shikinen-Sengu — every 20 years installation of the sacred symbol of a deity in a new shrine — has been done 62 times in 1300 years so far. 65 main buildings of shrine have been reconstructed as same in every detail taking 8 years each time.

Imposing challenges on themselves, they have been overcoming the  “degeneration” that nominally is “completion” for centuries. Significance would not be found neither in tradition nor in novelty. It must be always formed in our spirit by devoting our heart and soul.