Apr 28, 2010

Oushuu33Kannon Temples 11-12-13 Part 4


Near the north end of town we found a large sword that Ian immediately took in his hand.
Here is what the sword looked like without Ian. It was standing on the bank of the river, but we could not figure out what it represented. We thought that it was related to one of the hotels but none of the names seemed at all related and there were no words on the sword. I guess it is just another of those inscrutable mystery to which we will never know the answer.
We finally exited the town and found ourselves in a valley containing orchards of fruit trees. The trees are hard to see in the next picture, but they are there, just above the log wall and beyond the plowed fields.
Here are some more fruit trees. The foreground contains some sort of planting but not trees. Those are just in front of the ling of pine trees at the base of the hill.
It was a very pleasant walk with the bare trees on one side and the barns and farm houses on the other. We were getting close to Temple 11, which we assumed to be the red roofs in the center of the picture.

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