Short Trip to Kansai-area (part３);

           On second day of our trip, we visited three places in Kyoto and Osaka;

＊＊Heianjinｇu 平安神宮＊

Heian Shrine (平安神宮, Heian Jingū) was built in 1895, on the occasion of the 1100th anniversary of the capital's foundation in Kyoto. Heian is the former name of Kyoto.
             This home page has beautiful header picture (slideshow);
               This is the English page which you can read its history;

*Entrance and From Inside*

   * Inside of the Shrine;  from the top-picture  (left, center, right side) 

      *Nijo Castle (Nijyo-jo)*

This castle was raised by Ieyasu Tokugawa in 1603.  (there are some other castle with the same name built by other feudal lords.    This is the homepage in English by 'The World Heritage site';

*Entrance*

*Inside of the castle*

many foreigners in Kyoto

*Into the garden*

I found this blue heron standing (resting) on the stone far in the garden :-)

         *あべのハルカス;  Abeno Harukasu  *

This new highest (60-story. 300m-high) skyscraper of Japan had its grand opening in Abeno-ward in Osaka City on March 7th last year.  The name Harukasu is an ancient word used in the Heian period (794-1185) meaning 'to make (people's heart) cheerful'

         You can read about this building here .

Picture on the right is from Japanese homepage.

Lunge and the view from the observatory;

Linking this post to,"Outdoor Wednesday", NF Trees n Bushes, WATW,

"Good Fences", "Saturday's critters", CameraCritters; and "id-rather-b-birdin’"

Thank you very much for stopping by; I always appreciate your sweet visits;

(About my header; sorry if unmatched, changed for the newer post）