25.11.05

momiji madness!!!

November 25, 2005

so many gardens, so little time...
SAIHOJI (the Moss Garden)

i really went there, even though this picture looks like it's been 'shopped (photoshopped that is...)


Momijis everywhere!

TENRYUJI




RYOANJI

Alex, Jessica, Terri, Greg and Korina posing by a random gate in Ryoanji.


Just to the right of the karesansui garden (dry landscape garden; gravel and stones are used to represent water. In its earliest manifestation karesansui simply referred to the placement of stones where there was neither pond nor nosuji.)


here is the most famous kareansui garden... it's awesome!


persimmon tree and another momiji (japanese maple tree). japanese persimmons are supposed to be the best, eaten when they're crunch, not when they're soft like in america, but i don't really know, i don't eat them. last time i ate one it made my tounge itch. not fun.





























it was really amazing here...

2 comments:

j0emama said...

Mmmmm....crunchy persimmons. I didn't know people ate those soft? That's kinda nasty. I never knew how many people liked persimmons until I brought like 3 grocery bags full to work from home home and they all disappeared within the hour.

ANNA said...

I JUST WANNA SIT UNDER THOSE TREES!!!!!!!