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In 1185 Taira-no-Shigehira (平重衡) was executed by Tōdai-ji and his head nailed to Hannya-ji's torii.
Five years earlier he had led an attack on the powerful temples of Nara. After one of his men accidentally started a fire, he simply stood at Hannya-ji and watched the city burn.

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Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · 4 months ago

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🤪🥤

#般若寺 #Hannyaji #大仏 #Nara #奈良 #東大寺 #daibutsu

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The 'Great Buddha soda', a soft drink topped with a big afro made from cotton candy.

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

Fudō Myōō (不動明王) is the wrathful deity of Buddhist wisdom. With his sword, Acala cuts through deluded and ignorant minds, with his rope he binds those ruled by their violent passions, and with flames he consumes the evil of the world.

His rock symbolizes unshakeable peace.
#不動明王 #FudoMyoo #Acala

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Statue of Fudo Myoo, deity of Buddhist wisdom.

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · 4 months ago

Forty years ago Hannya-ji (般若寺) was rather down on its luck, its grounds gone to seed. The then abbot came across a single cosmos, and so started researching the flowers. Little by little he began to transform the precints, and now 150,000 cosmos plants grow here!
#般若寺

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

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