Spent my morning off wandering around Oppama. It turns out there are cemeteries along the
edge of every hill (so a lot), and every cemetary has a nice little temple, with a nice little garden. The graves are all of dark marble with a little encense holder, and they are all very well kept up, with fresh flowers and small wooden prayer sticks. Most have a little cup or bowl, but I am not sure what they are for.
I am still fascinated by the amount of work everyone puts into their small gardens. Today's picture is of a garden outside a couple of flats, where the garbage pick-up is. Yet it still has trimed trees and a little pond and an ornamental toad.
Even the sewer plates are decorated. Most are iron coloured with flower imprints, but some are in colour, with a crowned cat doing various things. Maybe water for the fire engines? That's what the cat seems to be doing on this one.
Salut Mary,
ReplyDeleteJ'espère que ta première semaine s'est bien passée. Ca à l'air très joli l'endroit où tu vis. On apprend plein de choses sur les japonais et leur façon de vivre... Tu n'oublieras pas d'aller voir les sakuras (si tu peux), pour une jolie photo.
A bientôt, gros bisous,
Iza.
Mary!! reviens et raconte nous le japon! la campagne...tout!
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