1000 Cranes


Many people are familiar with the Japanese legend of 1000 cranes. Basically, anyone that completes the task of folding 1000 cranes is due to receive a wish from a crane, a sacred creature here in Japan. Cranes are thought to live 1000 years and have the ability to grant long life, health, success, etc. Here Lily is looking at a cluster of 1000 cranes left at a prayer wall at the Zentsuji Temple. The Zentsuji Temple was stunning. None of our pictures do it justice. If you're interested in learning more about the temples here on the island, search "88 temples of Shikoku". It's pretty amazing stuff. I don't know that we'll make it to all 88, but we got started today!

After our time at the temple, we followed signs to a park. We weren't sure what we'd find at the end of our drive, but that was half the fun. We ended up at this AMAZING park! It was beautiful. It had beautiful gardens, huge play toys, sculptures, activities, ponds complete with fish and turtles...the list goes on. We didn't head there prepared to spend a whole day, but one easily could.

I'll be uploading the pictures from today to my Japan album on Facebook. Check them out! If you aren't on Facebook, let me know and I'll send you a link to the album.

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