Amabiki Kannon (Amabikiyama Rakuhoji Temple)

Amebiki Kannon|Gentle time spent in the precincts surrounded by hydrangea

Enjoy a gentle moment in the precincts surrounded by hydrangea at Amebiki Kannon.

Amabikannon holds a hydrangea festival every year, and the temple grounds are filled with colorful hydrangeas. The combination of the historic temple and the hydrangea is fantastic, and just strolling around the temple grounds creates a relaxing atmosphere. It is also a good place for photography, and the colors of the hydrangea stand out more beautifully in the soft morning and evening light. Visitors can enjoy a moment of healing at the tranquil Amebiki Kannon.

Key points for photography

The key to photographing ducks and hydrangeas together at Amebiki Kannon is to schedule your visit well in advance, as it often takes time for the ducks to come to the desired position. By taking your time and waiting carefully, you will be able to capture the moment when the hydrangea and the ducks naturally overlap.

Best viewing and photography timing

Best Season

rainy season

Recommended times

Access & Basic Information (Check Before Shooting)

Item Details
Address 1 Motoki, Sakuragawa-shi, Ibaraki
subject hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)
Admission fee Yes
Admission Time Yes
Parking lot Yes
Restroom Yes

The day I visited this place in the past

Route taken on June 29, 2024.

Route taken on June 21, 2025.

Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Amabiki-san Rakuhōji Temple)|Water Flowers and Historic Buildings

This photograph captures the underwater flowers floating in the pond at Amabiki Kannon Temple and the historic buildings behind them from the front, with the beauty of the fresh greenery also making a strong impression.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Amabiki-yama Rakuhōji Temple)|A landscape featuring water flowers and the main hall

This photograph was taken by framing the underwater flowers blooming in the pond at Amabiki Kannon and the building's landscape from an angle, carefully composed to show the main hall in the background.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Amabikiyama Rakuhoji Temple)|Depth view of hydrangea staircase

This photograph captures the stairs of Amabiki Kannon Temple and the hydrangeas blooming profusely on both sides, consciously emphasizing perspective to frame a beautiful scene with depth.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Amabiki-yama Rakuhōji Temple)|The Harmony of Stairs, Hydrangeas, and Architecture

This photograph was composed and shot with careful consideration of the balance between the stairs of Amabiki Kannon, the hydrangeas spreading out to the left and right, and the buildings in the background.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Amabiki-san Rakuhōji Temple)|The Vitality of Ancient Trees and Fresh Greenery

This photograph captures the large trees and their fresh green foliage at Amabiki Kannon, conveying the vitality of nature.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Mt. Amabiki Rakuhoji Temple)|buildings and vivid fresh greenery

This landscape photo beautifully captures the contrast between the buildings at Amebiki Kannon and the vibrant fresh greenery surrounding them.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Amabiki-yama Rakuhōji Temple)|A Duet of Water Flowers and Ducks

This photograph captures the underwater blooms of hydrangeas in the pond at Amabiki Kannon Temple and a duck swimming among them, framed within a wide, expansive composition.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Mt. Amabiki Rakuhoji)|Goats by the stairs

This photo was taken from the side of the goat near the stairs in front of the entrance to Amebiki Kannon.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon(Mt.Amabiki Rakuhoji)|Goat eating

This photo was taken near the entrance to Amebiki Kannon, where goats and ducks gather to eat.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Mt. Amabiki Rakuhoji)|Goat in profile

This photo shows a goat quietly captured from the side in the animal space near the entrance to Amebiki Kannon.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Amabiki-yama Rakuhōji Temple)|Buddha Statue Seen Through Hydrangeas

This photo was taken at Amabiki Kannon, where I intentionally blurred the hydrangeas in the foreground to focus on the Buddha statue in the background.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Amabiki-yama Rakuhōji Temple)|Mist, Light, and Flowers Underwater

This photograph captures a close-up of the beauty at Amabiki Kannon: light and mist filtering through hydrangeas blooming underwater, along with the play of light and shadow.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Amabiki-yama Rakuhōji Temple)|Ducks Seen from Afar and Flowers in the Water

This photograph was taken from a slight distance at Amabiki Kannon, capturing hydrangeas blooming underwater and two ducks.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Mt. Amabiki Rakuhoji)|Two overlapping ducks

This photo was taken at Amebiki Kannon, where two ducks are lined up overlapping each other on blue and white hydrangeas.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Mt. Amabiki Rakuhoji)|Two ducks in focus

This photo was taken at Amebiki Kannon at f/11 with the two ducks above the blue hydrangea underwater flowers in focus.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Amabiki-yama Rakuhōji Temple) | The Dazed-Looking Duck

This photograph captures a duck with a puzzled expression amidst colorful hydrangea water flowers, predominantly blue, at Amabiki Kannon.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Mt. Amabiki Rakuhoji)|Gazing Ducks

This photo is one of the moments captured from a low vantage point, as if the ducks in the hydrangea underwater flowers at Amebiki Kannon were staring at us from the front.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Mt. Amabiki Rakuhoji Temple)|Ducks facing sideways

This photo shows two ducks on top of an underwater flower at the Amebiki Kannon, all looking sideways.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Amabiki-yama Rakuhōji Temple) | White Hydrangeas and Buildings

This photograph captures the soft light illuminating the white hydrangeas at Amabiki Kannon, along with the building visible in the background.
Year 2025

Amabiki Kannon (Amabiki-yama Rakuhōji Temple)|The Duck That Looks Back

This photograph captures a duck riding the hydrangea water flowers at Amabiki Kannon, looking back, taken from a slightly lower angle.
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