《春雨迷濛長岡京》：日本．京都
45.5×53 cm，2005年

長岡京在京都附近，每次從新大阪坐電車到京都，從窗邊能看到長岡京的景色：它有一灣水，有座小小山，山上有座小小廟。水邊蓋了一排古色的茶室。山上水邊處處可見各種櫻花玉立其中，尤其是湖邊兩排吉野櫻，伸出長枝、搭成棚式的花道，甚是壯觀。

正遊覽間，天忽小雨，只好躲進彎橋那頭的木亭，畫下這湖邊春影。

YIM Mau-Kun, Mist-Veiled Spring Rain in Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan
45.5×53cm，2005

Nagaokakyō lies near Kyoto. Each time I take the train from Shin-Osaka to Kyoto, I can see the scenery of Nagaokakyō from the window: a curve of water, a small hill, and atop it, a small temple. Along the water’s edge stands a row of quaint, timeworn teahouses. On the hill and by the water, cherry trees of various kinds appear everywhere, standing gracefully among the landscape. Most striking of all are the two rows of Yoshino cherry trees by the lakeside, their long branches stretching outward to form a tunnel-like canopy of blossoms—truly a magnificent sight.

While strolling through the area, a light rain suddenly began to fall, so we took shelter in a wooden pavilion at the far end of the arched bridge, where I painted this spring scene by the lake.