Day 10 – My Trip to Japan

  Posted on June 14, 2014  by Leslie Blythe  2 comments

Day 10 – My Trip to Japan

Today was a visit to the Meiji Jingu, which is a Shinto shrine.  This shrine is dedicated to the divine souls of Emperor Meiji and his consort Empress Shoken.  They passed away in 1912 and 1914 and people wanted to commemorate their virtues by donating over 100,000 trees from all over Japan and the world.  They volunteered to plant these trees and create a forest in the middle of Tokyo.

This bonsai tree is 300 years old. 

This one is 250 years old….

A bonsai hydrangea. Since we did not eat any major meals today.  I will give you the link to Just One Cookbook on how to make perfect rice without a rice maker.