On our last morning in Japan, we went on a walk in the neighborhood near our hotel. We stumbled by the Rokkakudo Temple which was one of my favorite of the full trip. The temple is said to have been started by Prince Shotoku and is linked to Ikenobo, the Japanese tradition of flower arranging. The temple had a surprising number of buildings, and I loved the swans in the pond in the rear.
Our final stop was a store that sells beautiful Buddhist prayer beads. I chose a beautiful blue and white bracelet as a final keepsake of this trip. The elderly man in the lowest photo is the one who made my bracelet.
