@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2026-07-24 02:24 UTC
Formed of huge megalithic rocks, the waterfall was only unearthed in 1968 during 2 years of excavations by the garden historian Mori Osamu (森蘊 1905-88). It is currently slightly shorter (3m) than when finished in 1133.
#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #waterall #森蘊 #法金剛院 #Hokongoin
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2026-07-24 02:40
blooming lotuses where sewer water pours さく蓮下水下水のおち所 amid the muck a lotus defiantly has bloomed 泥中の蓮と力んで咲にけり -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1822. Trans. David G. Lanoue. #Kyoto #京都 #haiku #小林一茶 #KobayashiIssa #Japan #ハス #lotus