おはようございます ohaiyo gozaimasu (Good morning)
Here comes the second part of our last trip to Kamoyama Park.
If you somehow missed the first green leg, then please have a look here to see what we were up to.
Since it rains enough in our archipelago, even after a hot summer it is still green everywhere and it grows like it was in the middle of springtime. And if you are as much into wandering through the forest like we are, you can observe and enjoy all this wonderful green splendor from so many different angles.
This very special atmosphere here is also created by the man-made shrines, which often add a mystical, if not romantic touch to the green and lush scenery. The older, the better. The more bemostered, the more bewitching, you might almost say magical and you would be absolutely right.
When I look at these pictures again, I immediately know why I couldn't resist pressing the shutter button in these places. You just have to try to capture this mood and take it with you home.
The less people are around, the stronger the spell works and sometimes it seems as if magical creatures or forest spirits could do their mischief here and you almost forget that it was people who built this place here after all.
Just let me take you with us on our trip!
Maybe my little picture gallery will be able to enchant you a little bit and relax you at the same time. Recreation is something of the magic of these places, which has a very special effect on me.
Just give it a try......
The entrance to the shrine was already very promising and inviting. Who can resist the temptation to walk up the stairs?
The main shrine was somewhat larger and next door there were also various outbuildings, but those too fitted in perfectly with the landscape.
These small statues are lamps, which are illuminated on special occasions and probably give the whole place an even more beautiful look.
I simply love scenes like this, this little stone lantern truly found its place here in the forest and seems to be ready to stand here forever until eternity.
From old lives comes the new, like here from this old tree stump, from which a new tree has already grown up again, which one day will be able to tell its own story.
Every shrine also wants to be guarded, and for this purpose, among others, this wild boy was placed here, who seems to be doing a quite useful service.
A small side shrine a bit offside sprays its own irresistible charm, which I quickly succumbed to.
I discovered this small pavilion only at the very end of our visit, for our next tour we then have a perfect place for a little snack. It couldn't be much more inviting.
Time stands still, and one should not be in too much of a hurry, but rather perceive and cherish such moments properly. Stand still, and calmly look at it one more time. It does no harm, quite the contrary.
For me, these are very special impressions, which I don't want to let go so quickly. Probably just because I cannot visit there every day, it was so wonderful and stimulating and we are already planning our next trip to the Kamoyama Park.
Maybe we will be able to experience the autumn colors there, that would be a nice highlight in this season.
I hope I was able to take you with us on a quick tour and show you a little bit of my world. Soon I will be back with more impressions and pictures from the country of the rising sun, please stay focus and stay tuned into this channel.