Peaceful sport serving delicious #ShavedIce along the #PhilosophersPath in #Kyoto. We had the #shiso with #CandiedGinger. At the bottom was a thin layer of whipped cream to make the last half taste a little different and more rich. Fantastic to the last bite. #japan

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The Philosopher's Path in Kyoto, Japan, is beautiful in spring, when the cherry trees burst into bloom. This painting captures the white cherry blossoms along the path.

Philosopher's Path
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2024
22 x 32 in

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'Sange' (散華) is a ritual offering of flowers. Early each morning at Hōnen-in 25 flowers (commonly camellia) are dedicated to a statue of Amida carved by Genshin (源信 942-1017).
The flowers represent the 25 bodhisattva who help Amida take the souls of the dead to paradise.

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Banbukyō-ji (萬無教寺 aka Manmukyō-ji) sits on the Philosopher's Path beneath Zenki-san (善気山).

Thanks to its links to Hōnen, it is better known as Hōnen-in (法然院), and because of the many camellia that grow here it's nicknamed Tsubaki-no-dera (椿の寺).

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Nishida Kitarō's (西田幾多郎 1870-1945) famous poem is immortalized in stone on the path. It is an angry retort to blind nationalism.

people are people,
and I will be myself.
regardless,
the path I follow
I will follow on…
人は人吾はわれ也とにかくに吾行く道を吾は行くなり

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Towards the middle of April parts of the canal beside the Philosopher's Path (哲学の道) become a river of petals.
The phrases 'hana-no-ukibashi' (花の浮橋 'floating bridge of flowers') and 'hanaikada' (花筏 'flower raft') both describe water thick with petals.

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In Buddhism the equinox is known as 'Higan' (彼岸).

Higan translates as 'Other Shore', a reference to the far shore of the 'Sanzu-no-kawa' (三途の川 'River of the 3 Crossings'). Similar to the River Styx in Greek Mythology, the dead would cross the river to reach the afterlife.

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Philosopher's Path Kyoto: Walk It Before 8 AM

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An inspiring day following the #PhilosophersPath in #Kyoto

Absolutely perfect.

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