Tagged: nara

teras of kyoto & nara 10

teras of kyoto & nara

These cultural/religious edifices of Japan are well preserved in the midst of a bustling technologically advanced city, Kyoto, the formal imperial capital and now the cultural capital of Japan.   Kiyomizu tera at Kyoto. circa...

buddha and the deer 8

buddha and the deer

Buddha has been the paragon of man’s coexistence with nature. It is surprising that you can catch the same coexistence in the heart of a technologically superior country, Japan. This is the country of contrasts,...