Kakitsubata, iris in the garden

 

 

Yellow Iris in May

 

Purple Iris and wooden bridge

 

“Shofuda” area in the Japanese garden

 

Bride in gorgeous bridal costume 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“View of Shangri-La” from the highest peak

 

Wooden building once used for exhibition

 

Kikugetsu-tei, teahouse built in the middle of the17th century 

 

Garden shows different faces depending on the seasons

 

Higurashi-tei, teahouse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rafting tour in Oboke

 

 

Yoshino-gawa River in Oboke

 

 

Japanese-style restaurant in Oboke

 

 

Biwa-no-taki waterfall in Iya

 

 

Shonben-kozo statue in Iya

 

 

Statue on the protruding rock 200 meters above the riverbed

 

 

Old Japanese-style warehouse

 

 

Old house of the Heike clan who were defeated at Yashima Battlefield in 1185

 

 

View of Ochiai Village on the mountainside in Iya

 

 

Ochiai Village