Rosewoman: Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: Brackets overhead in the massive main gate, Yoshimene-dera
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Rosewoman: Brackets overhead in the massive main gate, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: Autumn color, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: Yoshimine-dera, autumn colors
Rosewoman: Yoshimine-dera, view from the bell tower overlooking the main gate
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Rosewoman: From the bell tower, stepping up to the hexagonal sutra hall, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: The temple's famous Japanese white pine tree (Pinus pentaphylla) named "Gliding [or Wandering or Frolicking] Dragon Pine" (Yuryumatsu)
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Rosewoman: Intricate supports for the "Gliding Dragon Pine", Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: "Gliding Dragon Pine" garden art, on its supports, with azaleas and maples, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: Kyoto from Yoshimine-dera, looking northwest
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Rosewoman: Sazanka (Camellia sasanqua), Yoshimine-dera
Rosewoman: Oven?
Rosewoman: Oven?
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Rosewoman: Tiles, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: Tile roof, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: A long-locked door, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: Looking down from near the top, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: A fine dragon welcomes you to the upper level, emperors' graves, and hydrangeas.
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Rosewoman: Downward path through stunning autumn color, Yoshimine-dera
Rosewoman: A Shinto shrine in these very Buddhist hills, Yoshimine-dera
Rosewoman: Torii at Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: Stone pathway, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: Inviting stone stairway, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: Leaves and a stone wall, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: Autumn color, Yoshimine-dera, bright afternoon light
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Rosewoman: Autumn color, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: Autumn color, Yoshimine-dera
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Rosewoman: As I walked back out toward the main gate, whom should I meet but ...
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Rosewoman: ... but a monk making the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, Yoshimine-dera being the 20th temple on this 33-temple Kansai region pilgrimage dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy.