Garden @ Heian Jingu Shrine

Hello!
This week we entered the rainy season. The air becomes slightly humid..
I can feel summer is coming soon...
Heian Jingu Shrine（平安神宮） is one of my favorite places in Kyoto because of its beautiful garden.
It's most famous for its weeping cherry blossoms called Yaezakura(八重桜).
But summer is another good time to view a variety of seasonal flowers.
The photo above is pink flowers.
The panel with Japanese writing on it is showing the poem in the ancient time whose motif is a pink flower.
Likewise the other kinds of plants here have their panels by side.

This shrine was constructed in 1895 to commemorate the 1100th anniversary of the old capital here in Kyoto. So the poems dating back to the time have been picked up.

There are even the poems of mos, fern, and pampas grass!!

Lotus

Iris

These are "renowned" stepping stones!

Why are they famous?

Well, if you've ever seen "Lost In Translation," you must've seen this sight with Scarlet stepping on them!

When I talk about this to my guests at the garden, they go crazy and try the same thing as Scarlet did.
Very fun moment, I should say.

Overall, you can fully enjoy the beautiful cherry blossoms here in spring, but summer time is also a good season. Or if you would like to enjoy viewing a variety of flowers, then, definitely you should come now!!