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
 
      
  
                            
                        
                        Cosmos flowers blooming in the grounds of Hannya-ji.
                           
      
  
                            
                        
                        Nao-san pushes against a large rock in the grounds of Hannya-ji.
                           
      
  
                            
                        
                        A display of vibrant pink cosmos at Hannya-ji.
                           
      
  
                            
                        
                        A soda inspired by Nara's Great Buddha (big candy floss hair!).
                           
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                        