Torinin’s natsu tsubaki are a symbol that beauty can be fleeting, which sometimes makes it all the more captivating . Kyoto’s Myoshinji Temple , located in the city’s Ukyo Ward, is a fascinating place. Myoshinji actually isn’t a single temple, but a complex with some 50 sub-temples on its grounds.
Though visitors are welcome to stroll along Myoshinji’s footpaths, all but a few of the complex’s temples are ordinarily closed to the general public, including Torinin Temple , which founded nearly 500 years ago, in 1531. However, Torinin does make an exception and open its gates at a few select times during the year. One of those is right now, so that visitors can see the temple garden’s flowers, which are beautiful in more ways than one, since each flower blossoms for only a single day .
▼ Torinin’s garden last Monday 【京都 “沙羅双樹の花”ナツツバキ 東林院で見頃に】 ナツツバキの花は、夜明け前に咲いても日が暮れるころには散ってしまうことから 平家物語の冒頭に登場し、世のはかなさを表す「沙羅双樹の花」にも例えられます 東林院では今月23日まで庭を公開することにしています https://t.co/drDKUrOtZn pic.twitter.
com/DfcJtoHssj Technically, each flower blooms for less than a day, since they don’t come close to reaching the 24-hour mark. Called natsu tsubaki, meaning “summer camelias,” if the the white, cup-shaped flowers open befor.