Yatadera temple called hydrangea temple

The other day, I really enjoyed beautiful hydrangea at Yatadera temple

in Yamato Koriyama city, Nara Prefecture.

More than 1,300 years ago, Prince Ooama (later Emperor Tenmu)climbed

Yata mountain to pray for the victory of the Jinshin war and finally he won.

Then he orderd Buddhist monk, Chitsuu to build a temple in Yata mountain.

This is the story of Yatadera temple's origin.

There are about 60 different kinds and 10,000 plants of hydrangea

in this temple.

That's why it is called hydrangea temple.

Although now is the best season for hydrangea, to my surprise

it was not congested.

And I could take my time to walk around the hydrangea garden in the temple.

This might be one good thing about Nara.

(Everywhere is less congested than Kyoto.)

There were many different kinds of colorful hydrangea

and they pleased me so much.

Dull-colored and tiny cute flowers made my feeling better

in a gloomy rainy season.

So, I wanna share this beautiful flower with you.

*Address
3549 Yata-cho, Yamato Koriyama city, Nara Pref 639-1058, Japan

*TEL: +81-743-53-1445

*Access

Take Nara Kotsu bus for Yatadera(矢田寺) from Kintetsu Yamato Koriyama station.

It takes approx 20 mins from Kintetsu Yamato Koriyama station to Yatadera.

From June 6th to June 28th, Nara Kotsu has extra bus from both

Kintetsu Yamato Koriyama station and JR Horyuuji station.

(2 buses in one hour)