A small store behind Hannya-ji, cashing in on Nara's famous daibutsu (大仏), has created a 'Great Buddha soda'. The big ball of hair is cotton candy, which can be eaten or used to sweeten the (already sweet) drink🤪🥤

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Nao-san has not quite lost her mind...

Close to the temple's main hall is a large rock known as 'kanman-ishi' (カンマン石), on which stands an image of Fudō Myōō (不動明王). It is said those who place their back and bellies against the rock will be granted good health.
#奈良 #Nara

It seems that Ekan (慧灌 'Hyegwan'), a monk from the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo, first founded a monastic complex here in 629.
Originally known as Hannyadai (般若台), in 735 Emperor Shōmu renamed the temple Hannya-ji (般若寺) after gifting it a copy of the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra.

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cosmos flowers-
old storehouses along with
an old canal
秋ざくら倉庫とともに運河古る
-Akatsuka Gogyō (赤塚五行).

🤔I was going to mute the video, but I think this is a more honest glimpse of how noisy popular sites get😑

#Hannyaji #Nara #cosmos #般若寺 #奈良 #コスモス

🙏BIG BUDDHA AMONGST THE COSMOS😇

Nara is one of the best places in Japan to see cosmos, and in recent years Hannya-ji (般若寺) has taken great efforts to make itself one of the best places in Nara to enjoy the flowers...
...that, and a very unusual soda🥤

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