Okunoin - 奥の院

There are famous Japanese Sengoku warloads' mausoleum in Okunoin. very quiet and fresh air around in this place. Rest in peace.　－　ここ奥の院には有名な戦国武将の墓碑が数多くあります。そのうち、もっとも有名なものをご紹介。
Oda Nobunaga （織田信長）

Akechi Mitsihide（明智光秀）- His mausoleum's stone is cracked as soon as when temples monks changed the stone every time. There are four stones on the courner in his mausoleum to stay his spirits peaceful. - 明智光秀の墓石は何度取り替えてもすぐに割れるそうです。そのため、墓碑の４隅に清めた石を置いて、魂を鎮めてるそうです。

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Takeda Shingen 武田信玄）

Uesugi Kenshin and Kagekatsu（上杉謙信・景勝）

Date Masamune（伊達政宗）

Maeda Toshiie（前田利家）

Tokugawa mausoleum － 徳川家霊台

If you are not interested in Japanese history. It might be boring with my pix a few times from here. first of all... Its on Koyasan, Wakayama.
歴史に興味がない人には、これから数度のブログUPはつまらないかもしれません。まず一弾・・・。



Here is Tokugawa Ieyasu and Hidetada. It was build in 1640.

Koyasan － 高野山

Koyasan is sect of Japanese Buddhism. Its located in an 800m high valley amid the eight peaks of the mountain in Wakayama pref. very beautiful layers of mountain....There is Okunoin which has lots of tombs of Sengoku warloads and famous people.
高野山は日本の仏教の聖地です。ユネスコ世界自然遺産にも指定されています。奥の院には武将の廊や有名人などのお墓があります。

Nijo Castle － 二条城

This is one of my favourite castles. located in Kyoto. This was built by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1601. Ieyasu met Toyotomi Hideyori here. When Osaka Fuyu no jin (Osaka Winter war) occured, Ieyasu fielded from here. There were many historical events took place here.
二条城は好きなお城のひとつです。1601年に徳川家康によって築城され、家康が豊臣秀頼に会見したのもこの二条城です。大阪冬の陣では、家康はここから出陣しています。また、大政奉還が行われた場所でもあり、歴史に残るイベントが数多く行われた場所でもあります。

Nijo caslte lights up

Karamon - 唐門

I could see a double rainbow in Nijo castle. (pix is a single rainbow unfortunately)

Cute children

Cute children I saw on my travel.
Naoshima

Kyoto

Wakayama

Sakura - Cherry Blossom

In Kyoto

Kiyomizudera － 清水寺

beautiful colours

Don't know where is from but there is a story before. If you jumped off from here and survive, your wish came true. if you died, Kannon buddha was beside you...so more than 230 people actually jumped off in Edo era then Meiji Govenment banned people to jump off....wow...
どこから来た話か不明だけども、願掛けでここから飛び降りて助かれば願いは叶い、助からなくても観音様のそばで成仏できるという話があり、実際、江戸時代には230人以上の人が飛び込んだため、飛び込み禁止令を政府が出したらしい・・・wow.

famous stone, Close your eyes here, If you walk up to other small stone without looking, your romance will come true.