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David Bender

#Ecosystem #Restoration focused Master of #Landscape #Architecture graduate from #Temple University in #Philly who loves #woodland #wetlands, #aquatic ecosystems, #camping, #hiking, + INDOOR #cats (please keep your cats inside - they decimate native birds + mammals).

Background: Exhibition Design • Educational Programs • Theatre + Puppetry • B.Sc. Industrial Design

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A section of the Moss Garden at Bloedel Reserve in Seattle, Washington - designed by Richard Haag. A thin steam winds through fluffy moss mounds in a dark, mature woodland. Ferns and native shrubs frolick in the dappled understory of the tall trees. Photo from: http://www.intercontinentalgardener.com/2011/03/bloedel-reserve-revisited.html
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Steve McCarty 🇯🇵

A basic walk in Kyoto is from the Kawaramachi Station area along shops to Yasaka Shrine, then Maruyama Park (first photo). But instead of turning right toward the traditional shops along the slope and reaching the world heritage temple Kiyomizudera, I sometimes turn left and go along the slope to Chion-In (other three photos), the national head temple of a Pure Land Buddhist sect. Pure Land Buddhism has the most adherents in Japan, and this is a very large-scale temple for parishioners and members nationwide, rather than a sort of outdoor museum or monument like Kiyomizudera and most other major tourist attractions.

Everywhere in Kyoto and other prefectures is gorgeous during the fleeting cherry blossom viewing season, so any walking route with a lot of cultivated nature is rewarding to experience now.

Iconic weeping sakura in Maruyama Park in Kyoto
The huge gate to Chion-In
Pagoda area of Chion-In during the brief cherry blossom viewing season
The huge bell of Chion-In that is rung on O-Bon for returning spirits in August, and it rings in the New Year on national TV.
#Japan#Kyoto#travel
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