Jizo Statues in Snow at Taichoji

Forlorn snow-covered Jizo statues in mid winter

Takako Sakamoto Jan 12, 2015 - 1분 읽은 시간

<p>Broken Jizo statue standing forlornly in a Jizo cemetery covered with snow</p>

<p>The Jizo cemetery is located at the foot of a bamboo grove</p>

<p>Six jizo statues at the entrance of Taichoji Temple. Notice the mountain of snow in front of it!</p>

<p>Other jizo statues beside the pathway to the temple</p>

<p>Due to the snow, I couldn't get closer to these statues, so I used the zoom lens to take this photo.</p>

<p>The hut of jizo statues in the forested temple grounds</p>

<p>Broken jizo cemetery half buried in snow viewed from the street</p>

<p>Especially, I love this jizo statue standing silently in the cemetery!</p>

When I visited Taichoji Temple in early October last year, I found fascinating jizo statues there. I call this temple, 'A Jizo Paradise', and when it snowed in early January this year, I revisited the temple to see my favorite jizo covered in snow. Especially, I wanted to see the jizo statues in the 'Jizo Cemetery' where broken jizo statues are casually abandoned. It's located at the foot of a bamboo grove and I thought it would look so beautiful in snow. There, I found it, a snow-buried jizo cemetery with a beautiful bamboo grove in the background! The other statues were all there too, sitting silently in the temple grounds covered in white snow. Wonderful!

Taichoji Temple in Snow

Takako Sakamoto @takako.sakamoto

I was born in and grew up in Tokushima prefecture, and have lived in many places since then: Nishinomiya, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Fukuoka and Fukui. I am currently living in Yokohama City. All the places I lived, all the places I visited, I have loved dearly. The histor...