When I visited Taichoji Temple in early October last year, I found fascinating jizo statues there. I call this temple, 'A Jizo Paradise', and when it snowed in early January this year, I revisited the temple to see my favorite jizo covered in snow. Especially, I wanted to see the jizo statues in the 'Jizo Cemetery' where broken jizo statues are casually abandoned. It's located at the foot of a bamboo grove and I thought it would look so beautiful in snow. There, I found it, a snow-buried jizo cemetery with a beautiful bamboo grove in the background! The other statues were all there too, sitting silently in the temple grounds covered in white snow. Wonderful!
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Jizo Statues in Snow at Taichoji
Forlorn snow-covered Jizo statues in mid winter
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![Broken Jizo statue standing forlornly in a Jizo cemetery covered with snow](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/18106-104711/1000/fukui-jizo-statues-in-snow-at-taichoji-104711.jpg)
Broken Jizo statue standing forlornly in a Jizo cemetery covered with snow
![The Jizo cemetery is located at the foot of a bamboo grove](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/18106-104704/1000/fukui-jizo-statues-in-snow-at-taichoji-104704.jpg)
The Jizo cemetery is located at the foot of a bamboo grove
![Six jizo statues at the entrance of Taichoji Temple. Notice the mountain of snow in front of it!](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/18106-104705/1000/fukui-jizo-statues-in-snow-at-taichoji-104705.jpg)
Six jizo statues at the entrance of Taichoji Temple. Notice the mountain of snow in front of it!
![Other jizo statues beside the pathway to the temple](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/18106-104706/1000/fukui-jizo-statues-in-snow-at-taichoji-104706.jpg)
Other jizo statues beside the pathway to the temple
![Due to the snow, I couldn't get closer to these statues, so I used the zoom lens to take this photo.](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/18106-104708/1000/fukui-jizo-statues-in-snow-at-taichoji-104708.jpg)
Due to the snow, I couldn't get closer to these statues, so I used the zoom lens to take this photo.
![The hut of jizo statues in the forested temple grounds](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/18106-104707/1000/fukui-jizo-statues-in-snow-at-taichoji-104707.jpg)
The hut of jizo statues in the forested temple grounds
![Broken jizo cemetery half buried in snow viewed from the street](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/18106-104712/1000/fukui-jizo-statues-in-snow-at-taichoji-104712.jpg)
Broken jizo cemetery half buried in snow viewed from the street
![Especially, I love this jizo statue standing silently in the cemetery!](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/18106-104710/1000/fukui-jizo-statues-in-snow-at-taichoji-104710.jpg)
Especially, I love this jizo statue standing silently in the cemetery!
![Silent backs of jizo statues](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/18106-104709/1000/fukui-jizo-statues-in-snow-at-taichoji-104709.jpg)
Silent backs of jizo statues
![Bamboo grove in snow](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/18106-104713/1000/fukui-jizo-statues-in-snow-at-taichoji-104713.jpg)
Bamboo grove in snow
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Radica Sooknarine
10 years ago
I love how the snow accents the different areas of the temple grounds in your photos
Thank you Radica-san! I'm glad you liked them...it was so hard to take these photos, I was half buried in snow like these statues!
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