Ikegami honmonji temple
Japan got a long vacation through the country, it called “Golden week”.
You , foreigner must not visit on this week.
Many people move around not only Japan but also around the world.
But it is very good season to go around Tokyo.
Few people and cars make the air clean and fresh.
Please look at the temple “Ikegami honmonji” beautiful art of Japan.
It takes 30 min drive from my studio.
Ikegami honmonji temple
It was a quite blue sky with tiny Moon.
Artist must walk around to watch every things beautiful.
Thousands years of Art is there.
“Ikegami honmonji” was the last place holly monk “Nichiren” passed away.
holly monk “Nichiren”
You can visit to see all the main buildings are on the top of hill.
They have a long and steep steps, to people make a great efforts to reach on the hill.
long and steep steps at Ikegami
There is different world after reaching the top.
The land of salvation.
Ikegami honmonji temple
Ikegami honmonji temple
People on the earth is just a same.
All need is good living with peace and wealth.
Many people has a quite difficult life from ideal.
So they believe in holly things.
It called religion. And I like holly Art in the nature.
There are major to minor religions.
I have a Christianity indeed but also see the Art of Buddhism.
Shape of the buildings tell me the historical thought of the people.
A tiny beauty of nature.
It is really precious.
Japanese are different from Western people not to conquest nature, but to get along with part of that.
Even in the pebbles I feel the art and great world.
Painting is the way to figure out my feelings.
After 1 hour walk I backed to my studio.
The verse form Book.
Jeremiah 7:3-11
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’ “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another, if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever. …