Hasuri  in Love with Kyoto

七夕/tanabata



the  Japanese Star Festival /七夕祭り



Hasuri ,today by writing wishes, sometimes

in the form of poetry, on tanzaku (短冊 tanzaku),

small pieces of paper, and hanging them on bamboo.



in kifune jinjya (shrine)/貴船神社


Hasuri  in Love with Kyoto
tanabata bamboo ornaments/七夕飾り




Hasuri  in Love with Kyoto

Kyoto Flower information in early summer 2011



a tourist information center in Kyoto station




Flower/japanese name


a hydrangea/あじさい・紫陽花・アジサイ

( blossoms must be at their best now)

mimurotoji/三室戸寺 

ohara/大原 

houkongouin/法金剛院



a water lily/すいれん・睡蓮or水連・スイレン

( blossoms must be at their best now)
heianjingyu/平安神宮 

umenomiyataisya/梅宮大社 

kansyuji /勧修寺



a lotus flower/はす・蓮・ハス

(some more)

mimurotoji/三室戸寺manpukuji/ 

tenryuji/天龍寺

houkongouin/法金剛院 


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hasuri at the platform

an arrival station is Kyoto station

Tokyo sinagawa-station

a special express sinkansen 「nozomi」
It takes two and a half hours from Tokyo to Kyoto

a five-day trip to kyoto



good luck ! see you later.