Byodo-In Temple and the nut farm

Continuing our Majestic Grand Circle Island Tour, we visited a Buddhist Temple established around the turn of the century by a Japanese monk.

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Quite beautiful don’t you think?  And that’s a million-dollar backdrop…

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A little closer and different angle.  What you can’t see from the photo (or in real life for that matter) is the nails used for construction.  That’s because no nails were used.  Don’t ask me how, maybe it was a freakin’ miracle.

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The Temple’s primary resident…

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There was of course the traditional bell…

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…well I’m not a particularly religious man, but nothing ventured nothing gained…

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…I mean happiness and long life are worth the effort…

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Of course, some would argue I’ve already had a long life, but why take chances?

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Next stop was the nut farm, but I escaped.  Not before buying some chocolate covered macadamias for the folks at the office and a bag of nuts for my pal Jenn of I Got 2 Shoes fame.

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If I understood correctly, these are the founders of the nut farm.  The current owner greeted us warmly, gave out free samples of Kona coffee and various varieties of his nutty concoctions.  Real friendly guy and seemed genuinely happy to have us visit.  But then again, we all were spending money.   But I’m sure he would have been nice regardless.

Anyway, that’s it for tonight.  I’m off to the first round of the playoffs which will feature the Rubbies versus Cake Mix at Dillinger’s Bar.  I’m there as a fan rather than a player this time…

2 thoughts on “Byodo-In Temple and the nut farm

  1. That temple is Byodo-in, and it was the setting for the wedding of Sun and Jin (supposedly in Seoul) on “Lost.”

  2. Interesting…I believe some other scenes were filmed in Hawaii as well, but I’ve never watched “Lost”. Although it is on my list…

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