: Yoshiminedera Temple and hydrangeaKyoto, Japan

京都の大原野に位置する善峯寺と紫陽花を撮影いたしました。雨と紫陽花を撮影しようと思いましたが、到着するころには快晴となりました。 Yoshimine-dera (善峯寺) is a temple of the Tendai school of Buddhism in the western ward of Nishikyō-ku, in Kyoto. It is built on the western hills (Nishiyama) overlooking the city. It was founded in 1029 by Gensan. The main image is a statue of thousand-armed Kannon. Notable features include the “Gliding Dragon“ pine tree (Yōryu no matsu, a natural monument), which was trained to grow horizontally and was once over 50 meters long,and a Tahōtō two-st