Pre-dawn temple gate, photographed from the back

2025.03.27
Year 2025March 2025MarchSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Sanzang Temple (in Tang-dynasty China)cherry blossomblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
This photograph, taken at Mitsuzoin Temple, captures the temple gate just before dawn from the rear.
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This photograph was taken quietly from behind the temple gate just before dawn, in the dim light of the early morning. The crisp air carries the unique stillness of the early hours. The Anko cherry blossoms of Mitsuzō-in add spring color to the stone-paved approach. Their form, blooming softly within the silence, possesses a beauty as if time itself had stopped. Bathed in the soft morning light, the petals guide us to a scene etched in memory.