#yamadera — Public Fediverse posts

Such stillness -
The cries of the cicadas
Sink into the rocks.

- Matsuo Basho, 'The Narrow Road of Oku', 1689

#Basho #MatsuoBasho #Yamadera #Risshaku #Yamagata #Japan

https://basho-yamadera.com/en/basho/%e5%b1%b1%e5%af%ba/

Title: The Yama Temple (1941)

Artist: Hasui Kawase

https://www.japan.travel/en/us/yamadera/ #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #Summer #HasuiKawase #Moon #FullMoon #BuckMoon #Yamadera #RisshakuJi #Yamagata #Japan

Snowfall in late spring
Following saru footsteps
Mountainside temple

("saru" is the Japanese macaque, which we witnessed on the way up to the temple—a mother and child—but I was unable to get a good photograph)

#haiku #NaturePhotography #Japan #JapanTravel #travel #poetry #poem #Yamadera #Yamagata #temple #BuddhistTemple #mountains #snow #nature #cloudy #hiking #spring #photography

Title: Yama Temple, Sendai (1933)

Artist: Hasui Kawase

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e7940.html #HasuiKawase #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #Rain #Autumn #Yamadera #Risshakuji #Japan

honestly been a little depressed and directionless since getting back home... I miss it every day. #tokyo #akihabara #nature #yamadera #japan #streetphotography #photography

Japan is filled with little scenes that could inspire game devs and artists... I could probably write a whole album up in these mountains. (I know this stuff has cultural significance beyond this)
#japan #forest #gamedev #yamadera #temple