The Kimono Forest at Arashiyama Station in Kyoto. The Kimono Forest in Keifuku Electric Railway Arashiyama Line Arashiyama Station. Randen Arashiyama Station, with the catchphrase “Hannari Hokkori Square”, reopened in July 2013 after renovation. An interior designer, Yasumichi Morita, installed […]
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Kyoto – Kinkakuji/Rokuonji.
Kyoto Kinkakuji / Rokuonji. Kyoto Kinkakuji / Rokuonji. I entered the car as directed to the large “Kinkakuji No. 1 parking lot” where large sightseeing buses also stop. Kiyomizu-dera and Ginkaku-ji did not have their own parking lot, but Kinkaku-ji […]
Kyoto – Ginkakuji / Higashiyama Jisho-ji.
Kyoto – Ginkakuji / Higashiyama Jisho-ji. Ginkaku-ji Temple(officially named Higashiyama Jisho-ji), which has the Jisho-ji Garden, which symbolizes Higashiyama culture in the Muromachi period, was originally built as a mountain villa by Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who retired the eighth shogun of […]
Kyoto – Kiyomizu-dera/Mount Otowa.
Kyoto – Kiyomizu-dera/Mount Otowa. Kyoto Mt. Otowa Kiyomizu-dera is the head temple of the Buddhist Kita-Hosso sect. It is said to have been founded in 778 the early Heian period, and is one of the few temples in Kyoto with […]
Kyoto – Fushimi Inari-taisha.
Kyoto Fushimi Inari-taisha. Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto is known as the head shrine of the 30,000 Inari shrines (Oinari-san) in Japan. In addition, it is a stand-alone shrine that does not belong to the “Jinja Honcho”, which oversees shrines […]
World Heritage Site Former Imperial Villa “Nijo-jo Castle”.
World Heritage Site Former Imperial Villa Nijo-jo Castle. World Heritage Site Former Imperial Villa Nijo-jo Castle.。 The photo above is the important cultural property “Southeast Sumi Yagura”. At the four corners of Nijo Castle’s outer moat, there were corner turrets, […]