A visit to Katsuoji Temple

I am aware of the existence of an old Japanese temple called Katsuoji Temple nearby our house. It is located uphill about 4 km away from our house in Minoh-shi. I always wanted to visit the temple but often put off the plan. So on March 4th, I suddenly decided to bring Aritya to the temple. I have done a little research beforehand stating that the temple is famous for daruma-san which were depicted from Bodhidharma. So we set off to the temple after breakfast and to my utmost surprise it was a very pleasantly landscaped with a koi pond and beautiful bridges crossing over  the pond. The temple was vastly decorated with miniature daruma-san all over. Aritya had so much fun climbing over the plight of stairs, looking at the tall water fountains, miniature man-made water fall and the koi fishes in the pond. It was a memorable visit for me and enjoyable trip for Aritya. We took a bus on our way back and Aritya seemed to enjoy the bus trip downhill. We look forward to visiting the temple again maybe in spring and enjoy the lush growth of sakura, trees and other blooms.