Autumn Foliage around Higashi Honganji Temple
Higashi Honganji (東本願寺) is a gigantic temple located very close to our building as well as JR Kyoto station, and is famous as the...
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Akane Kibune
Nov 11, 20181 min read
Autumn Tints at Shinnyodo Temple
Shinnyodo (真如堂) is a temple of the Teadai (天台) sect of Buddhism, founded in the Heian (平安) era. It's not the famous-for-sightseers type...
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Akane Kibune
Nov 10, 20181 min read
Autumn Tints at Temple of Golden Pavilion
Kinkakuji (金閣寺), as known as the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, is the spot of great popularity for sightseers along with Kiyomizu dera...
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Akane Kibune
Nov 5, 20181 min read
Autumn Foliage begins at Silver Temple
Compared with the gorgeous Kinkakuji (金閣寺, the Golden Temple), Ginkakuji (銀閣寺, the Silver Temple) has a certain reputation for its plain...
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Akane Kibune
Oct 25, 20181 min read
Nijugo Bosatsu Oneri Kuyo Daihoe (A Procession by 25 Bodhisattva)
Under the cloudless blue sky, Nijugo Bosatsu Oneri Kuyo Daihoe (二十五菩薩お練り供養大法会, A Procession by 25 Bodhisattva) was held at Sokujoin (即成院)...
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Akane Kibune
Oct 2, 20181 min read
Yasaka Pagoda at Hokan-ji Temple
If you take a walk around the Gion (祇園) or the Kiyomizu (清水) district, you will see the five-storied pagoda called Yasaka no toh (八坂の塔)....
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Akane Kibune
Sep 3, 20181 min read
Rokujizo Meguri, Six Jizo Temple Pilgrimage
In Kyoto, we have many religious events in summer, such as Obon (お盆, a period during which ancestral spirits are returning to their home)...
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Minami
Aug 23, 20182 min read
Lovely! Shoujuin Temple
Many of my readers may know Shoujuin (正寿院) temple via my previous email magazine. The other day, I visited the temple to see the "Fu-rin...
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Akane Kibune
Aug 9, 20181 min read
Mukaegane (Sacred Welcoming Bell) of Rokudo Mairi (Six Realms Pilgrimage)
During Oban (お盆, the season during which ancestral spirits are said to be returning), the sacred bell is tolling all day long at...
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Akane Kibune
Jul 1, 20181 min read
Lotus Flowers at Dairen-ji Temple
Dairen-ji (大蓮寺) at Sakyo-ward is a long established temple of Jodo sect of Buddhism (浄土宗), which is known for the divine favor of easy...
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Akane Kibune
Jun 22, 20181 min read
Suirokaku, a Raised Aqueduct
In the premises of Nanzen-ji (南禅寺) temple, the Suirokaku (水路閣, a raised aqueduct) was built in order to complete the Biwako Sosui Bunsen...
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Akane Kibune
Jun 6, 20181 min read
Kofuku Jizo at Suzumushidera Temple
Kegon-ji (華厳寺) temple, also known as Suzumushidera (鈴虫寺, Cricket Temple), is very popular in Japan for the beautiful chirps of crickets...
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Akane Kibune
May 28, 20181 min read
Warabe-jizo (Statues of Bodhisattva Who Look Like Children) at Sanzen-in Temple
The most famous place in the Ohara (大原) district in Kyoto is Sanzen-in (三千院) temple. The Sanzen-in temple, founded in the Heian (平安)...
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Akane Kibune
May 26, 20181 min read
Miyakowasure (Gymnaster savatieri) Flowers
Spring in Japan starts with cherry blossoms, followed by peonies, azaleas, wisterias, and irises. Now all the representative beauties are...
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Akane Kibune
May 13, 20181 min read
Fresh Moss in the Rain at Saihoji Temple
Saihoji (西芳寺), a world heritage site, was established in the Nara (奈良) period and is better known by its common name, Kokedera (苔寺, the...
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Akane Kibune
May 13, 20181 min read
Fresh Green Maple Leaves at Jingo-ji Temple
If you wish to enjoy a green maple leaves in Kyoto, Jingo-ji (神護寺) temple is the place to go. Due to its remote location from the city...
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Akane Kibune
May 9, 20181 min read
Lotus Flower Room, at Unryuin Temple
Sennyu-ji (泉涌寺) temple, located in the Higashiyama (東山) district, is otherwise called as "Mitera (御寺, Royal temple)", because of the deep...
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Akane Kibune
May 4, 20181 min read
Fresh Greenery at Byodoin Temple
This year, cherry blossom season went very quickly. It was not only cherry blossoms that ended soon. Due to the extraordinary warm...
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Akane Kibune
Apr 26, 20181 min read
Wisteria Flowers at Byodoin Temple
In 1502, a Regent Fujiwara Yorimichi (藤原頼通) succeeded to his father's villa in Uji (宇治) city, and reformed it into a Buddhist temple....
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Akane Kibune
Apr 25, 20181 min read
Peonies at Kennin-ji Temple
Within the Gion (祇園) district, one of the Hanamachi (花街, districts where Maiko and Geiko reside and work) in Kyoto, there is Kennin-ji...
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