The garden of the Hōgon-in temple in Kyoto features a complex design, with many symbols. I already presented the wooden lantern that creates through light and shadow the image of the Rising Sun flag.

Photographed here is another area, with symbols emphasized through light colors: in the foreground there’s a dry area lit in blue, symbolizing the Buddhist concept of the Sea of Suffering (the real world), with a warm colored area in the background symbolizing Nirvana, while the several rocks are representing Buddha.

Hōgon-in, Arashiyama, Kyoto

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Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Konpon Chudo hall, Japan’s oldest building made of beechwood