Day 1: Temple Grounds 3

This is a large chunk of clear obsidian sitting at the base of a Buddha statue with an inscription on it's base. I have no idea what it says, but maybe if someone who reads Japanese comes upon this site they can inform us all. :)









In a clearing along a path in the cemetary there were several small statues of Buddha that all had bibs put on them. We're not sure exactly why people put bibs on the Buddhas, but almost every Buddha statue we saw in a shrine in Japan had a bib either on it or tied on a fence in front of it.








Sam is cheesing it up even through the intense heat. We weren't sure exactly how hot it was, but it was probably in the low to mid 90's (fahrenheit) with high humidity every day. You can see some of the bibbed Buddhas behind her.















Further on down the path we came upon an opening with a building with multi-colored banners hanging over the opening. We would've walked over to check it out, but there was no shade from where we were to where it was, so we decided to walk down a shady path instead.