FROM THE GARDEN OF ZEN
My photographic notes about the four seasons in Kamakura or the gardens of Zen
March 24, 2024
Ume (japanese apricot) flowers: Tokei-ji
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The white flowers of Ume, which had bloomed nobly against the remaining severity of late winter, have begun to grow old and lose their brigh...
Otome-tsubaki (Camellia japonica f. otome) flower: Kaizo-ji
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In the peaceful garden in front of the small temple gate, under the hazy sky of mid-spring, I found a multi-petaled flower of Otome-tsubaki ...
Kawazu-zakura (Cerasus lannesiana 'Kawazu-zakura') flowers: Kawakita-kinenkan (Kamakura)
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The fresh rosy colour of the Kawazu-zakura flower makes me notice that the residue of winter have completely disappeared and that the height...
Ume (japanese apricot) flowers: Tokei-ji
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The trees of Ume live very long, usually between 100 and 200 years, with some having a life span of over 300 years. These pale pink flowers ...
Ume (japanese apricot) flowers: Kaizo-ji
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Ume (japanese apricot) flowers: Kencho-ji
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Ume (japanese apricot) flowers: Kaizo-ji
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Ume (japanese apricot) flowers: Kaizo-ji
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Ume (japanese apricot) flowers: Kawakita-kinenkan (Kamakura)
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Ume (japanese apricot) flowers: Kencho-ji
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Mitsumata (paper birch) flowers; Kencho-ji
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Bamboo grove: Kencho-ji
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Tsubaki (camellia japonica) ang ume (japanese apricot) flowers: Kencho-ji
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February 5, 2024
Mejiro (Warbling white-eye bird) and Ume (japanese apricot) : Tsurugaoka-hachimangu
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Without waiting the first spring breeze, the white noble flowers of Ume are beginning to bloom gracefully so as to announce the imminent arr...
Ume (japanese apricot) : Engaku-ji
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If plants and trees possess their minds, then their blooming may secretly imply their silent joy of being alive and breeding in the turning ...
Kobai (rose plum) : Engaku-ji
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According to the teaching of Buddha, any emotion based on our five senses always causes empty, fleeting illusions. Our attachment to it must...
Mejiro (Warbling white-eye bird) and Ume (japanese apricot) : Kaizo-ji
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Huyu-botan (winter peony) and Taihu stones : Tsurugaoka-hachimangu
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The typical flowering season of peonies is early summer. But, in the cold mid-winter, when the beautiful colors of flowers can be hardly fou...
Huyu-botan (winter peony) : Tsurugaoka-hachimangu
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Ume (japanese apricot) : Engaku-ji
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Kobai (rose plum) : Engaku-ji
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