{"id":5217,"date":"2019-11-27T21:05:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T12:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2019-11-27T21:05:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T12:05:24","slug":"izu-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/27\/izu-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Izu weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It’s November. Three lovely ladies invite you to go along on a weekend trip to Izu. The fall colors are bound to be beautiful. What do you do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the expressway. Heading for Izu. No, I’m not driving.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maples at Okunoin Temple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kukai (Kobo Daishi) came to what’s now Okunoin Temple in 791 A.D, to meditate by this little waterfall. If he looks a little stiff, well, it’s been well over a thousand years.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The signboard didn’t say so, but I imagine old Kukai was mesmerized by the water ringlets, too.
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Persimmons growing near Okunoin Temple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In the center of Shuzenji.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Person to person, just the way I like it.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The river in Shuzenji.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Shuzenji Temple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jizo statues in Shuzenji Temple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shuzenji Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Shuzenji Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rainbow. From the Toi Ferry Terminal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Toi, on the coast. Evening sky.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sunset in Toi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rainbow morning in Toi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joren Falls.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rooftop of fish hut near Joren Falls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Near Joren Falls. Excellent Persimmon Dreams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Odoriko “Izu Dancer” Trail . . . near the location of the opening scene of Kawabata’s “The Izu Dancer” <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thank you, ladies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(from Persimmon Dreams: When you\u2019ve got a spare moment, check out our music\/nature videos on our \u201cPersimmon Dreams\u201d YouTube channel, or Steve\u2019s books, When a Sissy Climbs a Mountain in May<\/a> and Along the Same Street<\/a>, available on Amazon, or directly from us. And if you enjoyed this post, consider sharing with others. Thank you!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s November. Three lovely ladies invite you to go along on a weekend trip to Izu. The fall colors are bound to be beautiful. What do you do? You go. Thank you, ladies! (from Persimmon Dreams: When you\u2019ve got a spare moment, check out our music\/nature videos on our \u201cPersimmon Dreams\u201d YouTube channel, or Steve\u2019s … Continue reading Izu weekend<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5217"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5244,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217\/revisions\/5244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}