You are not allowed to take photos at most of these places, especially the World Heritage Sites such as the Castle. But we got a few pictures of the famous Zen rock garden and the beautiful Toji-in Temple. We really liked Toji-in because there was almost nobody else there. We sat for a while and listened to the waterfall. My friend, Neil, says that this is landscape technology developed for meditation and I agree. I felt no resistance to sitting down and being quiet.

[caption id="attachment_456" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="We saw many rock and sand gardens but this is the famous one, famous for being the first. It\'s like a painting. Lots of negative space."][/caption][caption id="attachment_458" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The lotus pond."][/caption]

posted on Friday, September 18th, 2009 at 5:32 pm.