Ohara (Ono)

Known as Ono in The Tale of Genji, the rural area of Ohara is where Ukifune retires to a nunnery. In Heian times, Ono streched down the western side of Mount Hiei as far as the site of Shugaku-in imperial villa, northeast of Kyoto.

The valley leading up to Jakko-in.

The area is also widely known as the location of Jakko-in, as described in the final scenes of The Tale of the Heike.

Hosenin temple

Garden at Hosenin temple.

Sanzenin temple

Statue of Jizo at Sanzen-in.

Stone image on the moss at Sanzen-in.

Silent Waterfall

The Silent Waterfall is just above Raigo-in on the Ro River.

The Ritsu River flows past the tombs of exiled emperors Go-Toba and Juntoku.

Tombs of exiled emperors Go-Toba and Juntoku.

Rural Ohara.

Cherry blossom by the river at Ohara.

Persimmons growing wild beside the road to Amidaji.

Cherry blossom by the river at Ohara.