Not far from Kyoto station, Shosei-En is a beautiful traditional Japanese garden, associated with nearby Higashi-Honganji temple. Much of it is given over to a large pond, which is spanned by two elegant wooden bridges and dotted with islands, from which a stream runs to a smaller pond overlooked by a teahouse. I have a liking for photographs of reflections in water, so the ponds gave me plenty of opportunity to indulge myself, and these are the results.
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Reflections of Shosei-En, Kyoto
Seeing double in the pond of a peaceful Kyoto garden
By Peter Sidell
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