I love visiting this temple, especially in Autumn...
It calms me when I'm feeling stressed,
the scent of the inscense,
and now the flowers are so lovely!
Definitely worth a visit!
Watching the foliage; the copper-y red Japanese maple leaves
glowing in afternoon sunlight,
combined with the sounds of chanting, and beating of large drums,
while smoky incense wafted through the air, brought me a sort of peace,
as I strolled around the place...
I purchased some temple incense, to bring home...
12-2021 Music Playlist:
Candleland - Ian McCulloch, Elizabeth Fraser
While The Cold Winter Waiting - Trentemøller
The Sinking Blue Belle Sheep - Sunn O))) & Boris
4 Impromptus, Op.90, D.899: No.4 in A Flat Major: Allegretto
(Franz Schubert) - Maria João Pires
I Robot - The Alan Parsons Project
Everything Happens To Me - Chet Baker
I took a trip to the Takahata Fudo-son Temple yesterday,
to see this year’s chrysanthemum festival,
but it wasn’t happening...
There were no advertisements as usual about it,
so I thought it might’ve been canceled, as most everything else has been
due to Covid-19, but I wanted to go anyway...
I had a mini-hike around the grounds, with its climbing paths
I got many good views of the slightly changing colors of Autumn.
I took photos, and I bought some temple incense.
It was very quiet, for a Sunday,
and I enjoyed the cool fresh air and sunshine...
I visited the Takahata-Fudo Temple flea market, today.
I love looking around there, and saying “hi” to some vendors I haven’t seen in awhile...
I found a few items; a beautiful Etegami paint brush,
a red silk scarf, an amethyst and quartz polished meditation stone,
and a small bundle of the Temple's incense...
I love the scent of it floating in the air when I go there,
so I brought some back home.
For some odd reason at this time of the year,
many small birds swarm and congregate at dusk,
in the trees and on phone lines, near the town’s outdoor cafe’s,
and markets...
I’ve noticed it also in other surrounding towns, the same thing.
I’ll just let that mystery be, and watch not to walk directly beneath them...
11 1/2 - 2019 Music playlist :
Take Me Out (Cabaret Nocturne Mix) - Black Light Smoke
Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
Abusey Junction - Kokoroko
Blue Minor - Sonny Clark
Goodbye (With Soap & Skin) - Apparat
Santa Teresa - EOB
Moon Invaders - Belbury Poly
Mon Coeur S'ouvre Ta Voix (Samson & Delilah) - Maria Callas,
with French National Radio Orchestra, Georges Prêtre, cond.
Tick Of The Clock - Chromatics
Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderley
I went to the Takahatafudo Flea Market, but the fleas weren’t there.
It was a regular busy Sunday, at the temple…
‘Went to a nearby shopping mall to look around,
and found the most adorable shoes,
and tried to imagine the girl both tiny and brave enough,
to wear them…
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Chain Reaction - The Crusaders
Vanishing Blue - Tangerine Dream
What Is A Youth? - Glen Weston
You Must Believe In Spring - Bill Evans
Leyte - Cal Tjader Quintet
Let’s Start The Dance - Hamilton Bohannon, feat. Caroline Crawford
How Do You Like Me Now? - The Heavy
As Far As Florence - Gabriel Yared
The Great Escape- Patrick Watson
Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
Just Your Fool - The Rolling Stones
Horn - Nick Drake
Somewhere - Tom Waits
Yesterday, I went to the monthly flea-market, at Takahatafudo Temple.
My dear friend, and fellow flea-market enthusiast Kristy, invited/ reminded me of this event.
It was a very sunny, warm day, our small group met, and soon went off in different directions...
I enjoy this flea market;
with its twists and turns all around the temple grounds,
with all sorts of treasures to look over...
But the afternoon heat found me climbing to higher, more shadier grounds...
The wafting incense smoke, traveling on the hillside breeze,
through branches of Japanese maple,
helped to make the heat manageable...
Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
