The Butsuden (仏殿) at Heirinji is an original from the 17th Century. It is one of many structures at Heirinji with a thatched roof.

The above long row of stone lanterns (石燈籠) led to a graveyard of hundreds of large stone lanterns. Photos from there tomorrow as our week of Zen continues…

Posted on June 4th, 2010 under Japan • Tags: heirinji, japanese maple, lanterns, thatch roof. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed