May 29, 2014 - 1 min read

Peony Gardens in Hase-dera, Nara

Outdoor Roofed Passageways -3 Nobori-ro Corridors

By Tomoko Kamishima

Community writer

Priests walk up and down the 399 steps everyday

Fresh green surrounding the long roofed corridors

Roofed stairs have 399 steps in total

Wide-open terrace of the main hall

Stone lanterns along the steps

The space alongside the stone steps is ablaze with 7000 peonies.

Please purify your hands and mouth here

The entrance of the roofed steps

Long corridors have long roofs

Entrance of the main hall

Splendid view from the terrace of the main hall

500 kinds of 7000 peonies of white, pink, magenta, and red flowers

Traditional shops standing side by side on the way to Hase-dera Temple

Bamboo shoots at a storefront in early May

Hase-dera Temple in early May is filled with peony flowers. Fields alongside the covered stone steps toward the main hall are ablaze with 500 varieties totaling 7000 peonies of white, pink, magenta, and red flowers. It is just gorgeous when all the flowers begin to blossom all at once! I enjoyed each of the 399 steps of the Nobori-ro Corridors that invite us up into the holy precincts. Finally I reached the main hall on the hilltop. There was an open terrace commanding a great mountain view. Overlooking distant mountain ridges, I took a deep breath. And another. And another.

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Shaymaa Barakat 9 years ago

These are some amazing shots, Thank you so much for sharing.

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Tomoko Kamishima

Tomoko Kamishima Photographer 9 years ago

Thank you, Shaymaa. You'll enjoy various flowers in any season at this temple. Please have a visit sometime in the future!

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