The Momiji Diaries – Part 12- Gekkekian Okura sake brewery
by Jade Pavilions on 13/02/10 at 11:10 am
18th November, Uji
We travelled by coach to the Gekkekian Okura sake brewery and museum in Fushimi district, south of Kyoto en route to Uji. We were shown around the factory, which produces a small amount of hand made sake, while it’s mass production plant is elsewhere in Fushimi and Osaka. Sake is made from fermenting [...]
The Momiji Diaries – Part 7 – Matsue, Yuushi-en
13th November, Matsue, Shimane Province
After exploring Matsue (the water city), known for it’s rivers and canals, the night before, we took an early morning bus to Daikon-shima island to see the garden of Yuushi-en. Daikon-shima is an ancient collapsed caldera with rich soils, renowned for it’s ginseng and peonies. Here they grow many varieties, some [...]
The Momiji Diaries – Part 6 – Himeji, White Egret castle
12th November, Kyoto to Matsue via Himeji
We took an early Shinkansen (bullet train) to Himeji and walked to the castle about 20 minutes from the station. The White Egret castle is one of the finest of the 12 remaining castles in Japan, built in the early 1600’s after the battle of Sekigahara , which brought [...]
The Momiji Diaries – Part 5 – Kyoto, Hogon-in
11th November, Visit to Arashiyama district North West Kyoto
We caught the local train to Saga Arashiyama by the river Hozu, just after it emerges from the Hozu gorge. Our first visit was to the Hogon-in temple a sub temple of Tenryu-ji. Hogon-in has a pleasant stroll garden with many grumpy looking statues of monks by the [...]
The Momiji Diaries – Part 4 – Kyoto, Agon-shu
10th November, Coach tour East and South of Kyoto
As this was the first day with the group, we laid on a visit to the head temple of the Agon-shu Buddhist sect by chartered coach. Agon-shu is a new sect only a few decades old with a mountain top eyrie. The building is fabulous and exudes [...]
Heron Guard: the frontline for pond protection!
Heron Guard (www.heronguard.com) is an easy to use, reliable and environmentally friendly pond protection system; and at $14.95 it is one of the most cost effective pond protection systems on the market today.
The nearly invisible design of Heron Guard will keep pond safe while not jeopardizing the natural beauty of them. More importantly, Heron Guard does its job without [...]
The Momiji Diaries – Part 3 – Kyoto, Nishi Honganji palace
Part 3 of David’s Momiji Diary, parts 1 and 2 are available from the Jade Pavillions author page.
9th November, Kyoto
As the group were arriving later that day I visited some local sites not on the group itinerary. The first was Nishi Honganji palace, which has a splendid ornate entranceway reminiscent of the Heian period architecture. [...]
Worthing and District Show 13-14th June 2009
Worthing show will be held at Clapham & Patching village hall on the A280 Long Furlong Patching Just off the A27 to the west of Worthing
Admission is still only £2.50 for adults and 50p under 16 under 5 free with over 30 vat of show plus Dealers it will be a good day out for [...]
The Momiji Diaries – Part 2 – Kyoto, Murin-an garden
Continuing the Momiji Diaries (Part 1 can be viewed here if you missed it!)…
8th November, Kyoto
The objective of the day was to check out the progress of the Autumn colour down in the city and up in the hills. With this in mind I made my way to Murin-an garden on foot, stopping to investigate [...]
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