November 29, 2025 I Took a Selfie lol
© 安岡喜晴 (JoyShine)
We came to see the night illuminations at Toji Temple, but the line was much longer than I expected. We couldn't see where it ended.
The atmosphere of Toji Temple at night was way different from that during the day.
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The five-story pagoda stood quietly in the background, reminding me that the main character here was the season itself.
The surface of the water turns into a mirror, and splits the world into two; the world above and the world below.
It doesn't matter which is real. Both are equally beautiful, and the transience here itself becomes the part of scenery here.
The five-story pagoda is not so outstanding nor restrained, telling the weight of a thousand years.
History doesn't speak aloud, but definitely here.
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The water is not just water. It reflects another world. Rather than a thing itself, its reflection stays longer in the mind.
The light picks out each expression of every leaf, as if it highlights the time a tree had accumulated over time.
Everyone stopped at the same color, and shared the same stillness.
Crimson trees embrace the five-story pagoda. Artifice and nature coexist with no conflict.
Behind the deep crimson, a tower appears.
Together with the deep crimson, the tower becomes stronger.
Together with the tower, the deep crimson deepens.
Perhaps, men and women are like this.
Each in its own realm, yet in relation to each other.
This relationship must have kept the world and time beautiful and well-balanced, until this very moment.