I was back in Shozenji for Easter egg hunting and decorating on a beautiful Japanese spring day. The

I was back in Shozenji for Easter egg hunting and decorating on a beautiful Japanese spring day. The statue is of Kinjiro Ninomiya, a boy who studied every waking moment, even as he walked to school. His statue is usually somewhere on most elementary school grounds. The little cherry blossom tree is now a teenager blooming brightly, just like son Yuto whose birth was commemorated with the tree’s planting 14 years ago.I also loved the ornaments sewn to the blowing flag commemorating a spring Shinto festival at the shrine. #joetsu #visit Joetsu #shozenji #easter #springinjapan (at Npo法人　食の工房ネットワーク)
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