Temple in Kyoto Pref.'s Uji Features Artwork of Myaku-Myaku Made with 800 Hydrangeas
The Yomiuri Shimbun
An image of Myaku-Myaku made with about 800 pots of hydrangeas is seen at Mimuroto Temple in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture.
UJI, Kyoto – A hydrangea artwork in the shape of Myaku-Myaku, the official character of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, is being featured at Mimuroto Temple in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. The artwork will be at its best until this weekend.
Every year, the temple uses a popular topic as the pattern for the artwork, and this year, with the hope that tourism in the Kansai region will be boosted, Myaku-Myaku was depicted using approximately 800 pots of red, white and blue hydrangeas.
Many visitors took pictures with their smartphones on the stone steps in front of the main hall.
'I wondered what it was from the entrance, but when I got closer, I was surprised to see Myaku-Myaku,' said a 37-year-old woman from Kanazawa who visited with a friend.
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