Let Me Wander In Your Garden
![Six stone buddhas sit cross-legged, some with red cloth bibs.](/images/2015-08-06-besso-onsen-and-ueda/buddhas.jpg)
![An elevated single-tiered open pagoda.](/images/2015-08-06-besso-onsen-and-ueda/pagoda.jpg)
![Gray roof tiles and a brown wooden lintel.](/images/2015-08-06-besso-onsen-and-ueda/roof.jpg)
Where Japanese hobbits live?
![A big wooden barrel with a mossy roof.](/images/2015-08-06-besso-onsen-and-ueda/hobbit.jpg)
![A closeup of roof ornaments.](/images/2015-08-06-besso-onsen-and-ueda/tiles.jpg)
By chance, Ueda had its summer festival the day I passed through.
![Five large, brightly-colored piñata-like objects hang in the middle of a street.](/images/2015-08-06-besso-onsen-and-ueda/festival.jpg)
![Chocolate-covered bananas on a stick for sale.](/images/2015-08-06-besso-onsen-and-ueda/bananas.jpg)
Besso Onsen and Ueda, Japan
Where Japanese hobbits live?
By chance, Ueda had its summer festival the day I passed through.
Besso Onsen and Ueda, Japan