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. |
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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. |
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Garden at Hosenin temple. |
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Statue of Jizo
at Sanzen-in. |
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Stone image on the moss
at Sanzen-in. |
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The Silent Waterfall is
just above Raigo-in on the Ro River. |
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The Ritsu River flows past
the tombs of exiled emperors Go-Toba and Juntoku. |
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Tombs of exiled emperors Go-Toba and Juntoku. |
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Rural Ohara. |
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Cherry blossom by the river at Ohara. |
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Persimmons growing wild
beside the road to Amidaji. |
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Cherry blossom by the river at Ohara. |
