Winter peonies and cherry blossoms at Hasedera Temple, Sakurai City, Nara

2026-01-12

Even though I want to take photos when have time, I cannot find many candidate locations during winter season. As a result, I was checking out Hasedera Temple's website to see what's going on. It was a beautiful sunny winter day today, so visited the temple accepting risks that there is nothing photogenic. But I was able to take nice photos of winter peonies and winter cherry blossoms while the peonies' peak seemed already passed. (All photos taken with SIGMA sd Quattro.)

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