Yamanashi

The garden of the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art

Took a day trip to Yamanashi prefecture by car.
First I and my husband visited The Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art.
This museum has a good collection of Jean-François Millet's painting and beautiful garden.
The color combination of his painting was unique which I don't see in Japanese paintings.
The color of the air in those paintings were the breeze of foreign lands.

After seeing the museum we ate "Houtou" which is one of a specialty dish of Yamanashi for lunch.
Thick noodle and variety vegetable such as pumpkin, carrot, taro, burdock, etc...  were boiled in miso base soup. It was yummy.

Kai-Zenkouji Temple

Then we headed Kai Zenkouji temple. This year "Gokaicho" was taking place which you can see exhibiting a Buddhist image once in seven years.

Our last stop was Erinji temple.
Erinji temple was founded in 1330 with Musō Soseki, a well-respected Zen priest of the Rinzai sect lived 1275-1351.
Its garden is designated as National Scenic Beauty. Many carps in the pound kept still.
Are they meditating?

Yamanashi prefecture is famous for producing Peach and Grapes.
Next time I would love to visit this area when peach flowers are blooming.

The garden of Erinji