If there was no flower, how painful and sorrowful this world would become to us. Flowers may be the benevolent gifts which are presented by this universe so as to soothe our pains of existence.
In the abandoned bush on the hill behind this old Zen temple, I found these exquisite otome-tsubaki (otome camellia) flowers blooming modestly in shade.
The Japanese word "otome" means "a young lady" and this epithet seems to well express the tender and maidenly grace of this pale pink flower.
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