とんぼをおいかけて・・ ～♪～

３月末、初春の奈良に遊びに行きました。
At the end of March, I visited Nara to enjoy the old city in early spring.


浮身堂を見ながらお弁当を食べて．．♪
We had lunch enjoying the view of Ukimido hall (floating temple hall).


春日大社の釣灯籠。一基が車一台分ほどのお値段だとか！？！
Famous lanterns at Kasuga Taisha (Kasuga Grand Shrine). One lantern costs as much as a car!?!


二月堂から続く細い下り道と古い土塀。
An old mud wall along a narrow path coming down from Nigatsu-do.


東大寺と桜。平日でしたが、やっぱり人は多いですね。
Todaiji temple and a cherry tree. Though a weekday, there were a lot of people.


いつまでも肌寒い春でしたが、やはり晴れた日は春らしい趣きです。
We had rather a cold spring, but it was lovely on a sunny day.


大仏殿前の金銅八角燈籠の一面では、菩薩が横笛を吹いていました。On one side of the bronze Octagonal Lantern, a Bosatsu (Goddess of Mercy) was playing the flute.


そしてとってもビックリ！ ８本脚のチョウチョを発見！　大仏の前に飾られた青銅の蓮の鉢にとまっていました。And, to my great surprise, I found butterflies with 8 legs! 　They were perching on a pot with lotus flowers in front of the Big Buddha, made of bronze.

March 2010 / Nara