A little bling for my morning break✨😎
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I didn't quite have the temple to myself, but near enough.
A little bit of the magic, mystery and history of Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺) emerges in the absence of people, and I appreciate how lucky I am to experience these moments.
More about the temple⬇️
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Kinkaku-ji's (金閣寺) 600 year old Rikushū-no-matsu (陸舟之松 lit. 'Ship-shaped Pine on the Shore') is said to have been Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's (足利義満) favourite bonsai (盆栽).
After his death the Japanese white pine (ゴヨウマツ) was planted in the ground.
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Ryūmon-taki and Rigyo-seki (龍門滝/鯉魚石 'Dragon Gate Falls & the Carp Rock'), named after the Chinese legend of a carp that swam up the Yellow River, scaled the famed waterfall and was transformed into a dragon (& ascended to heaven). In Zen it came to symbolize enlightenment.
In the midday 30 degree heat I wanted to be this rock...
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