長谷寺 - Hydrangea temple

今朝起きても昨夜からの偏頭痛が残っていた。ワールドカップ予選の試合には何とか勝ったが本当の敵は審判だったね。あのシリア人たちは明らかに不正で、日本チームに赤一枚、黄色三枚なんて見たこともない。国際試合から退場すべきは岡田監督じゃなくてお前らだろう。悪名を馳せたハンドボールの中東審判と同じ穴のムジナだ。試合で緊張したのが頭痛の起因だったのだろうか？
そんなわけで素晴らしい天候なのに自転車はあきらめてバスと徒歩で紫陽花寺を訪れることにした。朝11時前で早めとは言っても予想通りの混雑、大半の人たちは花をじっくり観るでもなくぶらっとあるいは漫然と庭園を回っていく。長谷の紫陽花は小振りで、そんなに特別な感じもなく、フォトジェニックなポイントは見当たらなかった。






I had a migraine in the morning that started after watching the World Cup qualification match in satellite broadcast late last night. Japan marginally beaten Uzbekistan by 1-0, but the real enemy was the referee and the linesmen. Those Syrians were apparently arbitrary. I have never ever seen one red card and 3 yellow cards to Japan National Team! It is them not our coach to be dismissed from the international match. It was the same kind of joke as the infamous Near Middle East referees in handball games. This stressful game may have caused my headache.
Anyway, I did not take my bike but buses to Hase Temple to watch hydrangea in this great weather. I arrived relatively early before 11:00 but the temple was already filled with visitors as expected. Most of them in the garden did not stop to watch the flowers but continue their slow-moving in the line focuslessly. Hydrangea in this temple was rather smallish, and it did not appear to me something special. So I could not find excitingly photogenic spots in the garden.