Lunch at a temple

gate of a temple 

Japanese style garden

Wed., October 22

I went to a temple named Jo-fu-ku-ji at Na-ri-wa to enjoy lunch with my sisters-in-law the day before yesterday.

We drove to the temple in the heavy rain .

As we had had a reservation, we decided to go in spite of the heavy rain.

It was the first time in about 30 years, so my memory of that time had  almost missed.

I had known that the dishes were made with the cooperation of the women of the neifgborhood.

And this time, I was surprized very much at the beauty of the rebuilt building for lunch and the dishes that were very complicated and refind by hand made.

 table setting

 

five sorts of food 

 

deep-fried dishes using seasonal vegetables

Two kinds of soup, chestnut rice, and pickled vegetables were followed to this dish, but i was too busy in enjoying dishes to take pictures. 

 

hand-made dessert  

 

menu

The dishes were much more splendid than I expected.

* We call these dishes 'Shojinryouri' and they make dishes without meat and fish.