3 Days with Mom Day 3 (Part 4) / お母さんとの三日間 三日目 （パート４）

My parents are avid followers of my blog and when my mother read my post of my walk around Shibamata, she also wanted to have lunch where I ate.  A soba shop called [Shin] which is exactly where we went.  We both ordered the same thing - the zaru soba / tempura set.

僕のブログの一番ファンは絶対自分の親。結構前に柴又のネタを書いたら、自分のお母さんも同じ場所で昼食が食べたいと言った。その店はそば処「芯」。もちろんそこでランチを食べた。注文したのはざる天のセット。

That's quite a bit of volume for lunch (and my mother was able to eat her entire meal!!).  Along with our soba and tempura, the set included yaki onigiri (grilled rice ball) and dengaku (konnyaku with miso).

セットはボリュームたっぷり（お母さんが全部食べきったよ！！）セットは焼おにぎりと田楽。

3 Days with Mom Day 3 (Part 3) / お母さんとの三日間 三日目 （パート３）

We were continuing on tour of Taishakuten and headed to the gardens.  The path takes us through another building which also housed a lot of rooms on display.

帝釈天の庭に行き、他のビルも通る。ビルの中にいろんな部屋に展示ものもあります。 そこも素敵ですよ。

The path that leads us to the gardens / 庭への道

Mom still full of energy / エネルギたっぷりのお母さん

A quick peak at the gardens / 庭を覗いてみる

One of the rooms inside the building / ビルの中の部屋

Cool art work inside the building as well.

Peaceful isn't it? / 平和的でしょう？

I just love this path that takes us through the building and around the garden.

All this walking - before lunch / 昼食前に結構歩きまわってます

Kappa in the garden! / 庭の中に河童発見！

You can only view the garden, you're actually not allowed in it.

庭は観察するだけ、中入りは禁じられてます。

Back to the temple grounds.

庭を観察したあとはまた帝釈天の周りも歩いた。

Prayer board / 絵馬

The front gate and temple bell from inside the temple grounds.

Tora-san fortune!!

And one very large tree / そしてでっかい松の木がある

I hope you enjoyed the tour of Taishakuten and its gardens.  My mother and I are now going to head out for lunch.

帝釈天と帝釈天の庭楽しましたか？ 次は昼食の時間だ！

3 Days with Mom Day 3 (Part 2) / お母さんとの三日間 三日目 （パート２）

Sorry, I was a trifle busy with other things and took a few days off from writing.  I shall continue with my days spent with Mom (who by the way, is safely back home in the States now).  We are still at Taishakuten and I have just have to share with you more awesome art and woodcarvings!

最近はちょっと忙しくてブログの更新が出来ませんでした。お母さんとの東京見物の話続きます。（お母さんは無事アメリカに帰られました）。まだ帝釈天探索中。見る場所が多すぎて、切りがない。とりあえず、下記の写真楽しんで下さい。

Shibamata Taishakuten Prayer Board / 柴又帝釈天絵馬

A closer look at some of the other woodcarvings.

The details are just awesome!! / この細かな作業、凄いしか言いようがない！！

Winter / 冬

Summer / 夏

Autumn / 秋

Autumn / 秋

Summer / 夏

Spring / 春

Winter / 冬

Autumn / 秋

Summer / 夏

Summer / 夏

You can spend all day looking at the different carvings and not be bored.  Next its off to the inner gardens here at Taishakuten.

一日見ても飽きないよ。本当に素晴らしい。次は帝釈天の庭を探索。