Blossoms and moss at Ninna-ji.

Looking across the palace garden pond to the pagoda at Ninna-ji.

Pink blossoms and red bell tower at Ninna-ji.

Painting of a gagaku performer under cherry blossoms on one of the wooden doors inside Ninna-ji's palace.

It is thought that Omuro-zakura (御室桜) originated in Heian times.
The current cherry trees were planted in the early Edo period (江戸時代), shortly after Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川家光 1604-51) helped rebuild the temple.

#仁和寺 #Ninnaji #御室桜 #omurozakura #sakura #Kyoto #京都

Fallen petals in the cherry blossom grove at Ninna-ji.

Sakura bloom before the pagoda at Ninna-ji.

Drunken revelers rest beneath the cherry trees at Ninna-ji, a site now forbidden.

An omuro-zakura in full bloom.

flowers in full bloom
the paths of Omuro
bustling with people
花盛り御室の路の人通り
-Dōkei (桐渓).

This poem seems rather apt. Just a few years ago the grounds would have been a checkerboard of picnic blankets, with drunken revelers napping on benches and children playing.

#桜 #omurozakura #cherryblossoms