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Noto Kongou(能登金剛),a scenic spot of Noto Peninsula Quasi-National Park、Ishikawa Prefecture ,Japan
This area was used as a shooting place for a famous movie 'Zero Focus' (ゼロの焦点）- This movie is based on a mystery novel 'Zero Focus' written by one of the most popular and prolific authors Seicho Matsumoto(松本清張）.
locatiion : Kyoto Ohara Hosen-in temple , Bankan-en Garden
( meaning difficult to leave,and also known as 'picture frame garden)
京都大原 宝泉院 額縁庭園’盤桓園’( 立ち去り難いという意）
Hosen - in Temple is located next to of the Shorin - in Temple, where the priest Honen Sho-nin had the famous religeous debate with Kenshin, chief magistrate of Ohara Temple. The library, rebuilt in 1502, is famous for its "chitenjo" (bloody ceiling) in the passageway, taken from Fushimi Castle. The famous garden contains a pine tree, more than 700 years old, in the shape of Mt. Oumifuji.
This beautiful framed garden invites the visitor into a world of comfort. Also, be sure to enjoy some powdered green tea while listening to the sound of the Suikinkutsu (Japanese water hollow harp garden feature). - Kyoto Prefecture
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There is no window between the garden and this tatami room of the main hall. So visitors can see the beautiful scenery as if it is one picture in the frame..and can feel a pleasant breeze too.
I really love the beautiful scenery and solemn atmosphere this temple offers.
(note : This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited here.)
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京都 梅宮大社 Sakuyaike pond 咲耶池 and tea ceremony house ' Chi chu -tei 池中亭 ( 1851 )
location : Kyoto Umenomiya Taisha, Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture , Japan
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location :Kitano tenmangu ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 北野天満宮
The shrine was first built in 947 to appease the angry spirit of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political maneuvers of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan.
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers be sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These messenger, called heihaku, were initially presented to 16 shrines;and in 991, Emperor Ichijō added three more shrines to Murakami's list — including Kitano. -wikipeia
EOS M5/EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM
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location : Kyoto Honen-in ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture , Japan
京都 東山鹿ヶ谷 法然院
In the foreground is "The Byakusadan" ( twin white sand platforms/mounds) which symbolize the water, and a monk draw a seasonal new pattern like waves ,cherry blossoms ,maple leaves ,a fan with Kanji ( Chinese charer )on in the early morning every three or four days .
Passing trough the stone path between the Byakusadan means that the worshipers are purified themselves and enter a kind sanctuary of the temple. - maco-nonch
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
watermarked replace 2025/10/09
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The Honen-in, whose formal name is the Zenki-san Honen-in Bambukyo-ji善気山 法然院 萬無教寺,is located at the foot of Zenki-san which is one of the 36 Higashiyama mountains.The principal Buddhist image of the temple is the statue of Amida Nyorai.The Honen-in stands on the site where Priest Honen ( 1133-1212),who is the founder of the Jodo sect of Buddhism ,and his two disciples Anraku and Juren erected and image of Amida Nyorai to worshhip him and perform services in front of the image six time a day.
The exsiting Hondo ( main hall) was built in 1680 by Priest Nincho (1645-1711) who regreted the fact that the proportion of earnest disciplinants became less while the doctrine of Honen flitered into the public,on the advice of his master Priest Bambu( 1607-1681),the 38th superior of the Chion-in Temple.- He shose Shikagatani where Honen and his discilpes erectted the image of Amida Nyorai for the site for the monastery to practice Sehnju-Nenbutsu,the invocation of Honen which leads to salvation of Amida's paradise by just reciting Nanu-Amidabutsu many times.
Afterwards,many monks studied in the monastery keeping the original doctrine of Honen, who started Senju-Nenbutsu . Howeve ,since the beginning of 20th century,the Honen-in has been turning to be a family temple of the supporters. After the World WarⅡ,the temple left from the Jodo-sect and it hawsw been an independent religious corporation since then. Today the temple is aimed to help the people achieve calmness of their minds with faith and make their own lives spiritually richer with all living creatures. - Honen-in
Location : Higashi-Yuenchi Park,Kobe -city,Hyogo prefecture, Japan
The annual illumination festival 'Kobe Luminarie,', originally held as a requiem for the victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake as well as a symbol of dreams and hopes for the ongoing restoration and reconstruction , takes place in Kobe every December. It was first started eleven months after the earthquake in 1995.
Every year the theme and installation change, which is produced by Italian designer Valerio Festi and Japanese artwork producer Hirokazu Imaoka.(Therefore, “Luminarie”- This Italian-sounding name for the event comes from the plural of the Italian “luminaria” which actually refers to small paper lanterns-is used for the event)
They create beautiful layouts and they’re different every year,and that has people from all over the world coming back year after year to see the new light structures.
The first edition Kobe Luminarie was entitled “Of Dreams and the Light/ Dei sogni e della Luce"and it was a message of hope for peoples.
22 years has passed since that- Fortunately we can see the more than 300,000 LED bulbs illuminate the city’s former foreign settlement area and Kobe East Park this year ,too...and the main theme for this year, 2016 is - " Ode della luce/Ode to light"
Now ‘Kobe Luminarie’ became a yearly event that celebrates Kobe’s remarkable recovery from disaster., and attracts millions of people from all over the world.
*Kobe Luminarie has nothing to do with Christmas **
*This year, the festival of light take place between December 2(Fri)-15(Sun )The lights are turned on for a few hours each evening. Major streets in the vicinity are closed to auto traffic during these hours to allow pedestrians to fill the streets and enjoy the lights.
( ガレリアエリア内での立ち止まっての写真撮影及び三脚を使用しての撮影は原則禁止されています）
location : Kobe Harbour ,Kobe city,Hyogo prefecture,Japan
Kobe Harbour ( port of Kobe) :
The Port of Kobe located at a foothill of the range of Mount Rokkō is a Japanese maritime port in Kobe, Hyogo in the greater Osaka area, backgrounded by the Hanshin Industrial Region. In 1970s the port boasted it handled the most containers in the world.
The Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake on January 1995 destroyed the port seriously and halted much of the facilities and services there ,but has recovered its facilities in two years. and It remains Japan's busiest container port.
When shooting/visiting here, I always think about Kobe's reconstruction following the Great Hanshin earthquake.
ƒ/11.0 22.0 mm 20sec ISO100 manual exposure/focus
Date and Time (Original) - 2017:12:16 23:39
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a view from the observation deck on the 24th Floor of Kobe-City Hall
Location : Higashi-Yuenchi Park,Kobe -city,Hyogo prefecture, Japan
The annual illumination festival 'Kobe Luminarie,', originally held as a requiem for the victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake as well as a symbol of dreams and hopes for the ongoing restoration and reconstruction , takes place in Kobe every December. It was first started eleven months after the earthquake in 1995.
Every year the theme and installation change, which is produced by Italian designer Valerio Festi and Japanese artwork producer Hirokazu Imaoka.(Therefore, “Luminarie”- This Italian-sounding name for the event comes from the plural of the Italian “luminaria” which actually refers to small paper lanterns-is used for the event)
They create beautiful layouts and they’re different every year,and that has people from all over the world coming back year after year to see the new light structures.
The first edition Kobe Luminarie was entitled “Of Dreams and the Light/ Dei sogni e della Luce"and it was a message of hope for peoples.
22 years has passed since that- Fortunately we can see the more than 300,000 LED bulbs illuminate the city’s former foreign settlement area and Kobe East Park this year ,too...and the main theme for this year, 2016 is - " Ode della luce/Ode to light"
Now ‘Kobe Luminarie’ became a yearly event that celebrates Kobe’s remarkable recovery from disaster., and attracts millions of people from all over the world.
*Kobe Luminarie has nothing to do with Christmas **
*This year, the festival of light take place between December 2(Fri)-15(Sun )The lights are turned on for a few hours each evening. Major streets in the vicinity are closed to auto traffic during these hours to allow pedestrians to fill the streets and enjoy the lights.
( ガレリアエリア内での立ち止まっての写真撮影及び三脚を使用しての撮影は原則禁止されています）
Date and Time (Original) - 2016:12:09 20:15
location : Rokuon-ji temple,Kyoto-city,Kyoto prefecture, Japan
京都 鹿苑寺
* 「金閣寺」は正式名ではありませんが、通称としてこちらの方が一般的ですのでタイトルを「鹿苑寺」ではなく「金閣寺」としています。
Kinkaku(The Golden Pavilion)is a shariden,a Buddhist hall containing relics of Buddha.The pavilion is a part of a temple that is formally named Rokuon-ji( 鹿苑寺）,but commonly called Kinkakuji-Temple（金閣寺）,or Temple of Golden Pavilion.Rokuon-ji is a Zen Buddhist temple,in the Shokokuji School of the Rinzai Sect(臨済宗相国寺派）
This area was originally the site of a villa called Kitayama-dai( 北山第）and owned by statesman,Saionji Kintsune( 西園寺公経）. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu,the 3rd Shogun)(三代将軍足利義満) of the Muromachi piriod( 室町時代),took a liking to the area and acquired it from the Saionji family in 1937.He then build his own villa,which he named Kitayama-den( 北山殿)
The garden and buildings,centered on the Golden Pavilion,were said to represent the Pure Land of Buddha in the world(極楽浄土).The villa also functioned as an official guesthouse,welcoming Emperor Gokomatsu-Father of Zen teacher,Ikkyu-( 一休禅師の父後小松天皇)and other members of the nobility.Trade with China prospered during the Muromachi period, and the villa reached its height of glory as the heart of what become known as Kitayama Culture( 北山文化).
After Yoshimitsu died,in keeping with his will,the villa was converted into a temple be the priest Muso-kokjshi( 夢窓国師),who become the first abbot(開山:最初の住職).The temple's name ,Rokuon-ji,was derived from the name Yoshimitsu was given for the next world,Rokuon-in-den.
In 1994,Rokuon-ji Temple was registered as a World Cultural Heritage Site. - www.kinkaku-ji.or.jp
Panasonic DMC-GM1/ LUMIX G 14mm/F2.5 ASPH
location : Myoshin-ji temple Daiho-in , Kyoto city Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
妙心寺 大法院 露地庭園（茶庭）
茶室「有隣軒」と中門（中露地に入るための門。竹を組んだ枝折戸（しおりど）/ 組んだ竹枠の中に割竹を両面から菱目に編み蕨縄で結っている。）
Daiho-in :
Daiho-in is one of the thirty eight sub-temples of Myosinji temple,which is within the large Myosinji complex( Rinzai Sect) in north eastern Kyoto..This temple was founded in 1662 as the family temple of Sanada clan (the load of Matsushiro Provience)by Nobuyuki Sanada’s 真田信之granddaughter Osahime長姫. She received his will and difined Tandou Souren 淡道宗廉 as the first chief priest of this temple.
The main feature of this temple is a Roji garden( tea garden or teacult garden) .It’s consisted of three parts and borrowed Narabigaoka landscape and it’s said that it represents Pure Load of Buddhism.
This temple regularly open to public ,and then we can enjoy the scene lying before us like this and have a cup of green tea and a piece of sweet. :) - maco-nonch ★R
Nobuyuki Sanada is featured in the 2016 NHK Histrical Drama 'Sanadamaru 真田丸’
location : Kajuji Temple , Himuro-no-ike pond ( Kaju-ji Hyochi-en)
Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Kajuji Temple (勧修寺) , founded in 900AD,by Emperor Daigo ,has over one thousand years of history. The garden ,known as the "Kaju-ji Hyochi-en"(勧修寺氷池園),has a pond called "Himuro-no-ike(氷室の池)".
The mountains beyond the garden are used as a part of the garden design, giving it a three-dimensional beauty.
In the ancient Heian period( 794-1185), every January 2,the ice which covered the pond of the garden was presented to the imperial court, and the situation of the grain harvest in the coming year was divined by the thickness of the ice. It is therefore one of the most prominent ancient ponds in Kyoto.
- Kajuji Temple
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Rainy approach to the Sanmon Gate (with thatched roof)
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location : Imakumano Kannon,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 今熊野観音寺 大師堂
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location : Kozan-ji Temple, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site , Kyoto city, Kyoto Prefecture
世界遺産 高山寺本堂 Kozan-ji temple Main Hall
Kozan-ji is an ancient temple said to have been established in the 8th century. It is recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage. The temple was restored in the 12th century by the high priest Myoe. At that time, the residence of a member of the Imperial family was moved here as Sekisui-in, which is designated as a National Treasure. In the spacious precinct of Kozan-ji is the Butto (a pagoda built for the purpose of Buddhist worship), designated as an Important Cultural Property. The precinct also contains the oldest tea field in Japan, which is believed to have been first planted by Myoe. Among the treasures housed here is the Choju-Jinbutsu-giga, a set of four picture scrolls (a form of ancient Japanese scroll painting) dating from around the 10th and 11th centuries. This set of picture scrolls is designated as a National Treasure. The original is currently stored in Tokyo National Museum. On exhibit at Sekisui-in are precise replicas of the original.
- Japan national tourism organization
In addition to the temple's famous building, the property features wooded grounds covered with a variety of mosses. This Japanese garden was supposedly designed by the great landscape artist Sōami.
In the later periods of Japanese garden history, fine stones were transported from a ruined or impoverished garden to a new one. According to the book Landscape design: A Cultural and Architectural History by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, "In 1474, following his retirement from the shogunate, Yoshimasa (1436-1490), had some of the stones and pine trees of the Flowery Palace and Muromachi Hall, both of which had been devastated by civil warfare, removed to his villa retreat at the base of Higashiyama (the Eastern Hills). There he lived from 1438 until his death, when the villa was converted to the Zen temple, Jisho-ji, or Ginkakuji (the Temple of the Silver Pavilion), as it is better known."
The Zen culture is not entirely represented in this garden because it was financed by the shogunate as a retreat and the primary use was aesthetic enjoyment. Instead of being designed by and for the use of monks, practitioners of zazen, or seated meditation.
Ginkakuji was constructed in relation to its surroundings. This is described in the Journal of Asian Studies by Ichito Ishida and Delmer M. Brown, "The southeast corner of the first floor has openings in the walls, since a pond is located on that corner of the building, beyond which the moon rises between the peaks of Higashiyama. And since a lake extending northeastward reflected light that suffices even for reading, the room on the northeast corner has been planned as a library. Therefore, the natural objects do not merely surround the building, twisting it out of shape but supply intrinsic motivation for the structural design." The sand garden of Ginkaku-ji has become particularly well known; and the carefully formed pile of sand which is said to symbolize Mount Fuji is an essential element in the garden.
location: Tetsugaku no Michi - The Philosopher's Walk , Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 哲学の道
The Philosopher's Walk (哲学の道 Tetsugaku-no-michi, lit. Path of Philosophy) is a pedestrian path that follows a cherry-tree-lined canal in Kyoto, between Ginkaku-ji and Nanzen-ji. The route is so-named because the influential 20th-century Japanese philosopher and Kyoto University professor Nishida Kitaro is thought to have used it for daily meditation. It passes a number of temples and shrines such as Hōnen-in, Ōtoyo Shrine, and Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji. It takes about 30 minutes to complete the walk, although many people spend more time visiting the sights along the way. On the northern part of the walk, there are good views of the nearby Daimonji. The walk is a popular destination for tourists and locals, especially during hanami. - Wikipedia
京都 梅宮大社 Sakuyaike pond 咲耶池 and tea ceremony house ' Chi chu -tei 池中亭 ( 1851 )
location : Kyoto Umenomiya Taisha, Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture , Japan
location : Suirokaku Aqueduct ( in the precinct of Nanzenji Temple) Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture , Japan
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location : Randen line’s Arashiyama Station ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture
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Location : Daitoku-ji Kohrin-in temple South garden facing Hojo* - Karesansui(dry landscape) Garden
,Kyotocity ,Kyoto prefecture, Japan
京都紫野 大徳寺塔頭 興臨院 方丈南庭( 枯山水）
*Hojo 方丈 : abbot's quarters/abbot's chamber
This garden was designed by master landscape gardener Nakane Kinsaku 中根金作 and laid out elegantly and tastefully with two islands connected by a stone bridge The white sands In front of this picture expresses an ocean .
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Kohrin-in was built as the family temple of Saemonno-suke Hatakeyama.畠山左衛門作義総,Load of Noto prefecture,about AD.1520.The temple took the Buddhist name of the founder.The first priest Shohkei小渓 was one of the most distinguished priests Daitoku-ji school has ever produced.
The superior's quarters shows the Muromachi style 室町様式 and is endowed with simple beauy of the age when the building form of temples was influencing the residential form.
The garden expresses the paradise through of old China.An azalea bush and stones are the symbol of the Elysiam mountain.This garden has"Baidara"tree貝多羅樹. In ancients India, they used leaves of the tree of the same sort when the sacred books were recopied. The word Baidara means "leaves" 貝多羅樹は梵語で木の葉という意味.Moreover, many Chinese arts of Gen era and many important letters of old times are in Kohrin-in.
- Kohrin -in
闃寂（せきじゃく）也（なり）
白雪さらに白く
訪ね人甚だ少し
幽玄の美
求めて得難し
我，静寂の中
落雪の音を楽しむ
-written by Koichi Watanabe www.flickr.com/people/kianon/ ⓒAll right reserved)
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location : Sanzen-in (三千院)temple , Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Sanzen-in (三千院) is a Tendai school monzeki temple in Ōhara, Kyoto, Japan. The Heian period triad of Amida Nyorai flanked by attendants is a National Treasure.
Sanzenin Temple is the main attraction of the rural town of Ohara(大原）, which is located about an hour north of central Kyoto（京都）. The approach from Ohara bus stop to Sanzenin is lined with shops and restaurants catering to temple visitors, and there are a number of smaller temples in the vicinity. Sanzenin Temple itself has large temple grounds and a variety of buildings, gardens and walking paths.
Sanzenin is a temple of the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism and was founded by nobody less than the revered monk Saicho who introduced Tendai Buddhism to Japan in 804. Sanzenin is a monzeki temple( 門跡）, one of only a few temples whose head priests used to be members of the imperial family.
After entering the temple through the front gate, visitors to Sanzenin pass through a series of connected temple buildings. The first major building is the Kyakuden (guest hall), which displays works of Japanese calligraphy and paintings on sliding doors (fusuma襖). The building opens up onto the Shuhekien Garden, a traditional Japanese garden that has a small pond and hill.
Connected to the Kyakuden by a corridor, the Shinden (main hall) displays statues of three Buddhist deities, the central figure of Amida Buddha being flanked by the attendants Kannon and Fudo Myoo. From the Shinden visitors can enjoy the most famous view of Sanzenin Temple: the Ojo Gokuraku-in Hall seen through maple and cedar trees across a moss garden.
After admiring the view from the Shinden, visitors walk through the moss garden. A tranquil atmosphere permeates the garden, and there are a number of amusing stone statues that peek out from the moss.
Located in the middle of the moss garden, the Ojo Gokuraku-in Hall（往生極楽院） is the oldest temple building at Sanzenin. The hall was first built in 985 and most recently rebuilt in 1143. It holds a statue of Amida Buddha, Sanzenin's most valued treasure. The statue of Amida is accompanied by two attendant deities, Kannon on one side and Seishi on the other.
- Wikipedia
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大原の地は千有余年前より魚山と呼ばれ仏教音楽（声名）の発祥の地であり、念仏聖による浄土信仰の聖地として今日に至ります。創建は傳教大師最澄上人（７６７～８２２）が比叡山延暦寺建立の際草庵を結ばれたのに始まります。別名 梶井門跡・梨本門跡とも呼ばれる天台宗五箇室門跡の一つで、皇子皇族が住職を勤めた宮門跡です。現在の名称は明治４年法親王還俗にともない、梶井御殿内の持仏堂に掲げられていた霊元天皇宸筆の勅額により、三千院と公称されるようになりました。
Saimyoji Temple( 西明寺）
Kora,Inukami District,Shiga prefecture Japan
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One of old 3 Tendai Buddhism temples, or “Koto Sanzan”, located on the Suzuka mountain range. The main hall and 3-storied pagoda are designated as a national treasure. This temple is known as one of the best viewing places for autumn leaves. In addition, long-blooming cherry which starts to bloom in autumn can be enjoyed. The garden, which is a national scenic beauty, is worth viewing.- go.biwako
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Honen -in Temple 法然院 in Kyoto,Japan
Byakusadan-Terrace of White Sand 白砂壇 ( -expressing running water） and 山門 Sanmon Gate
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location : Myoshinji Daiou-in temple,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 妙心寺 大雄院
Daiou-in is of Myoshinji sub-temples. It was founded in 1603 by Ishikawa Tadamitsu 石河市正光忠 ,who was Owari clan ( the lord of Inuyama-jo Castle) , as a place to mourn his father Mitsumotoh光元 ,the lord of Tatsuno-jo Castle.
Shince then this temple became a family temple of the Owari Ishikawa family.
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location: Mt.Rokko ,Hyogo Prefcture,Japan
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location: Matsuno-o Taisha , Kyoto city , Kyoto prefecture, Japan
京都嵐山 松尾大社の山吹
Matsunoo-taisha (松尾大社 "Matsunoo Grand Shrine", formerly Matsunoo-jinja 松尾神社) is a Shinto shrine located at the far western end of Shijo Street, approximately 1.3 kilometers south of the Arashiyama district of Kyoto, Japan. It is home to a spring at the base of the mountain, Arashiyama, that is believed to be blessed.
It is said that during the move of the capital from Nagaoka to Kyoto, a noble saw a turtle bathing in under the spring's waterfall and created a shrine there. It is one of the oldest shrines in the Kyoto area, its founding extending back to 700 AD. The restorative properties of the spring bring many local sake and miso companies to the shrine for prayers that their product will be blessed.
The shrine also serves a kinpaku (gold leaf filled) miki (or blessed sake) during hatsumode.
-wikipedia
Date and Time (Original) - 2016:04:22 17:29
weeping cherry tree- Gikon Shidare Zakura
location : Former main building of the Kyoto Prefectural Office
(located in Kyoto City and built in 1904)
location : Kyoto Ohara Sanzen-in Temple ,Kyoto city. Japan
冬の京都 大原 三千院 庭園「聚碧園」
Sanzen-in is located in Ohara in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. The temple is in a prominent scenic location among the many other temples in the Ohara area. The first Sanzen-in was built when the great priest Saicho founded Enryaku-ji on Hiei-zan in the 8th century after returning from China where he studied Buddhism. The temple was moved to the present site in the latter half of the 15th century, when Kyoto had been devastated by wars. Historically, members of the Imperial family served for many generations as the heads of the temple. The Amida-Nyorai Sanzon Buddhist statue housed in the temple has been designated an Important Cultural Property by the Japanese government. The temple is widely known for its lovely display of hydrangeas in early summer and maples in autumn.
www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/kyoto/ohara.html
-Japan National Tourism Organization
等持院 心字池
Toji-in was founded in 1341 by Lord Ashikaga as a family temple, under supervision of priest Soseki Muso who was then one of the most famous landscape gardener (and who later founded Tenryu-ji). The garden of Toji-in is one of the few surviving gardens designed by Soseki.
The main garden is divided in two parts. The western one is closest to the main hall and organized around the winding pond. slightly above the garden is a well known tea house 'Seiren-tei'. The second, eastern part of the garden has taller trees and is thus much darker. It is a place of moss and maple trees. South of the main hall is another smaller garden, of the "dry landscape" type (karesansui).
Toji-in is located right south of the Ritsumeikan University which is one of the major campus in Kyoto.
～The Chirihama Beach, Ishikawa prefecture Japan
Sadly the beach was entirely extinct in 2020.
You can only some breakwaters surrounded rough sea
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Location : Kongobu-ji temple,Koya-cho ,Wakayama Prefecture,Japan
altitude : 800m (2,625 ft) high
Kongōbu-ji (金剛峯寺) is the ecclesiastic head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount Kōya (高野山 Kōya-san), Wakayama prefecture, Japan. Its name means Temple of the Diamond Mountain. It is part of the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range" UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The temple was first constructed as Seigan-ji Temple in 1593 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi on the death of his mother, rebuilt in 1861, and given its present name in 1869. It contains many sliding screen doors painted by Kanō Tanyū (1602-1674) and members of Kyoto's Kanō school.
The temple's modern Banryūtei (蟠龍庭) rock garden is Japan's largest (2340 square meters), with 140 granite stones arranged to suggest a pair of dragons emerging from clouds to protect the temple.
- wikipedia
Mount Kōya (高野山 Kōya-san) is the name of mountains in Wakayama Prefecture to the south of Osaka. Also, Kōya-san is a modifying word for Kongōbu-ji (金剛峯寺). There is no mountain officially called Kōya-san (高野山) in Japan.
First settled in 819 by the monk Kūkai, Mt. Kōya is primarily known as the world headquarters of the Kōyasan Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism. Located in an 800 m high valley amid the eight peaks of the mountain (which was the reason this location was selected, in that the terrain is supposed to resemble a lotus plant), the original monastery has grown into the town of Kōya, featuring a university dedicated to religious studies and 120 temples, many of which offer lodging to pilgrims. The mountain is home to the following famous sites.
In 2004, UNESCO designated Mt. Kōya, along with two other locations on the Kii Peninsula, Yoshino and Omine; and Kumano Sanzan, as World Heritage Sites "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range".
-wikipedia
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location :Former Omuro Imperial Palace / World Heritage site Ninnaji Temple ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture Japan
Ninna-ji (仁和寺 Ninna-ji) is the head temple of the Omuro school of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. Located in western Kyoto, Japan, it was founded in AD 888 by the retired Emperor Uda. It is part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto", a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ninna-ji was founded in the early Heian period. In 886, Emperor Kōkō ordered the construction of the Nishiyama Goganji Temple to bless the nation and propagate Buddhist teachings, but he did not live to see its completion. Emperor Uda saw the construction to its completion in 888 and named it "Ninna" after the regnal year of the late Emperor Kōkō's reign. From 888 to 1869 it was traditional for reigning Emperors to send a son to the temple to take over as head priest when a vacancy arose.
After retiring from his throne, Emperor Uda became the first Monzeki, or aristocratic priest, of Ninna-ji. From then on until the end of the Edo period, the temple saw a succession of head priests of imperial lineage.
In 1467, the temple was destroyed by fire and fighting in the Ōnin War. It was rebuilt roughly 150 year later, thanks to the eldest son of Emperor Go-Yōzei, Kakushin Hosshinnō, who enlisted the help of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. The resurrection coincided with the rebuilding of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto and thus received imperial funding.
The tradition of having aristocratic or persons of imperial lineage serve as chief of the temple ended with the 30th Monzeki, Junnin Hosshinnō in the late Edo period.
Most of the surviving buildings date from the 17th century, and include a five-story pagoda and an orchard of dwarf cherry trees. The temple itself features some beautifully painted screen walls, and a beautiful walled garden.
- wikipedia
Omuro School of Flower Arranment
Ninna-ji Temple is the headquarters of the Omuro School of Flower Arrangement (“ikebana“). What is now the Omuro School was practiced at the temple for some time before it was renamed and the teaching methodology was made public after World War II. From this time, the style of flower arrangement practiced at Ninna-ji was given the name “Omuro School” (omuro-ryū 御室流). - Ninnaji Temple
ninnaji.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/omuro-school-of-flower-a...
Ikebana
Ikebana (生け花, "arranging flowers") is the Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as kadō (華道, the "way of flowers"). The tradition dates back to the 7th century when floral offerings were made at altars. Later they were placed in the tokonoma alcove of a home. Ikebana reached its first zenith in the 16th century under the influence of Buddhist teamasters and has grown over the centuries, with over 1000 different schools in Japan and abroad. - wikipedia
兼六園 山崎山
Kenroku-en (兼六園）
Kanazawa city ,Ishikawa prefecture ,Japan
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Kenrokuen is justifiably classified as one of Japan's "three most beautiful landscape gardens" alongside Mito's Kairakuen and Okayama's Korakuen. Many people consider it the best of them all.
The spacious garden used to be the outer garden of Kanazawa Castle. Constructed by the ruling Maeda family over a period of nearly two centuries, it was not opened to the public until 1871.
Kenrokuen features various ponds, streams, waterfalls, bridges, teahouses, trees, stones and flowers. The water for the many streams and rivers of the park is diverted from a distant river by a sophisticated water system constructed in 1632.
The name Kenrokuen literally means "Garden of the Six Sublimities", referring to spaciousness, seclusion, artificiality, antiquity, abundant water and broad views, which according to Chinese landscape theory are the six essential attributes that make up a perfect garden.
- japan-guide.com
Lovely hot summer days in Kyoto 蝉時雨
location : Kiyotaki River (清滝川) ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture ,Japan
I love this place, located near the Kozanji temple...:)
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location : Myoshin ji Taizo-in temple,Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture ,Japan
京都花園 妙心寺塔頭 退蔵院 元信の庭 作庭/室町時代
Taizō-in (退蔵院) is the oldest sub-temple (tatchū (塔頭)) of the Myōshin-ji Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple, situated in the northwest of Kyoto, Japan. It was founded by Zen priest Muinsoin in 1404. The original temple buildings were burned during the Ōnin War (1467-1477), and were later rebuilt.
The main garden, Motonobu-no-niwa, is a traditional Japanese dry landscape garden (karesansui枯山水), containing several angular rocks suggesting the cliffs of the island of Hōrai, with smaller stones suggesting a stream. The planting is mostly evergreen, including camellia, pine, and Japanese umbrella pine. It covers 50 tsubo (170 m²) and was designed to integrate a borrowing of scenery ("shakkei") of a view of Narabigaoka Hill in the distance. It is thought to be the final work of Muromachi painter Kanō Motonobu (狩野 元信), reproducing one of his paintings in three dimensions. - wikipedia
Kanō Motonobu (狩野 元信, August 28, 1476 – November 5, 1559) was a Japanese painter. He was a member of the Kanō school of painting. Through his political connections, patronage, organization, and influence he was able to make the Kano school into what it is today. The system was responsible for the training of a great majority of painters throughout the Edo period (1615–1868). -wikipedia
Dry landscape garden - Karesansui
The Japanese rock garden (枯山水 karesansui) or "dry landscape" garden, often called a zen garden, creates a miniature stylized landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and uses gravel or sand that is raked to represent ripples in water.[1] A zen garden is usually relatively small, surrounded by a wall, and is usually meant to be seen while seated from a single viewpoint outside the garden, such as the porch of the hojo, the residence of the chief monk of the temple or monastery. Classical zen gardens were created at temples of Zen Buddhism in Kyoto during the Muromachi period. They were intended to imitate the intimate essence of nature, not its actual appearance, and to serve as an aid to meditation about the true meaning of life. - wikipedia
location : Rakuhoku Renge-ji temple Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 洛北 蓮華寺
Rakuhoku Renge-ji temple :
This temple belongs to the Tendai sect of Buddhism cowned with the mountain name of Kinyozan.
Shigenao imaeda( 今枝重直),a retainer of the Maeda Clan in Kaga,present Ishikawa pref.,entered the priesthood around period from 1661 to 1673. He built a residence here and spent his later years associating with such people as Jozan Ishikawa 石川丈山and Tanyu Kano狩野探幽.His groundson Chikayoshi今枝民部近義,who admire the virtuous Shigenao, transfered a temple from Hachijo-Shiokoji(元西八条塩小路附近)to this place in order to pray for the repose of his grandfather. He made it as a sub-temple of the Enryakuji Jitsuzobo Temple延暦寺実蔵坊.
The principal statue enshrined in main hall is of Shakamuni Tothagata.Unique Rengeji temple-style tone lanterns with hexagonal shades and a monument commemorating Shigenao inscribed Tehsho-style calligraphy written by Jozan Ishikawa on top and passage composed by Jun-an Kinoshita are found on the grounds beautifully covered with moss.
The garden woth crane stone and turtle islands in the lake,an excellent example from Edo period(1603-1867) -Kyoto city
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蓮華寺は、元西八条塩小路附近（今の京都駅附近）にあった浄土教系の古寺で、応仁の乱後荒廃していたのを１６６２年（寛文2年）加賀前田家の老臣今枝民部近義が祖父今枝重直の菩提の為に、この地に移し再興したものである。(蓮華寺造営記、帰命山寺記）
再興の際に、石川丈山、狩野探幽、木下順庵、黄檗の隠元禅師木庵禅師等の著名文化人が協力している。（諸堂の様式碑文、什物等）
尚、本堂、鐘楼堂、井戸屋形、庭園は創建当時のままであり、小規模であるあがいずれも文人の残した貴重な文化遺産である。
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Wabi 侘 : The beauty of simplicity and poverty,the value of
incompleteness
location : Myoshin-ji Keishunin-temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
京都 妙心寺 桂春院 侘の庭
Keishun-is one of the Myosin-ji sub-temple. It was found in the 1598 by Hidenori Tsuda ( ? – 1625)who was the second son of Oda Nobutada ( the first born son of the great warrior Nobunaga Oda) . The original name of this temple was Kensho-in,but in1632 it was remnamed Kenshun- in by Sadamasa Ishikawa(1575-1657),of a wealthy family in Mino Province,who supplied the hojo(abbit’s chamber),kuri(kittchen),study,tearoom,and other buildings,and renamed the sub-temple Kenshu-in,taking from the Buddhist names of his parents,on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of his father,Ishikawa Mitsumasa.The Zen master Reimei Shinka ( Reian Sokiku,1533-1612 ; Zen master of the abbot Keinan Shusen,who was the second son of Mitsumasa Ishikawa) in the founding preceptor.
The Garden of Wabi ( 侘の庭 wabi no niwa) is a Roji ( tea garden) with stepping stones leading from the forecourt of the study to the tea room named Kihaku-an.The Baikeimon-gate and a wicket gate separate its inner and outer sections,both of which have been skillfully designed using the limited space. Beyond,the land drops down and has seven stones likened to buddhas,an aged water well,and a Soryu-chi (pond of the azure dragon)
-Keishun -in
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This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited here.
A water basin placed on main rock garden Jodo-en
location : Yanagidani Kannon Yokoku-ji temple ,Nagaoka-kyo city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
This temple is well known for the healing of eye disease.
眼病平癒所 柳谷観音 揚谷寺（京都府長岡京市）浄土苑
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This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
The longevity of this tree tells us something, that is very important tips to survive in difficult times like this..
locatiion : Kyoto Ohara Hosen-in temple Bankan-en Garden
( meaning: difficult to leave,and also known as 'picture frame garden)
locatiion : Kyoto Hosen-in temple , Bankan-en Garden
( meaning difficult to leave,and also known as 'picture frame garden)
京都大原 宝泉院 額縁庭園’盤桓園’( 立ち去り難いという意）
Hosen - in Temple is located next to of the Shorin - in Temple, where the priest Honen Sho-nin had the famous religeous debate with Kenshin, chief magistrate of Ohara Temple. The library, rebuilt in 1502, is famous for its "chitenjo" (bloody ceiling) in the passageway, taken from Fushimi Castle. The famous garden contains a pine tree, more than 700 years old, in the shape of Mt. Oumifuji.
This beautiful framed garden invites the visitor into a world of comfort. Also, be sure to enjoy some powdered green tea while listening to the sound of the Suikinkutsu (Japanese water hollow harp garden feature). - Kyoto Prefecture
location :Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
location : Sanzen-in (三千院)temple - Shuheki en garden聚碧園 , Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
This is my Sanzen-in photo album.If you are interested,please do have a look.
www.flickr.com/photos/100016856@N08/albums/72157682277950392
Sanzen-in (三千院) is a Tendai school monzeki temple in Ōhara, Kyoto, Japan. The Heian period triad of Amida Nyorai flanked by attendants is a National Treasure.
Sanzenin Temple is the main attraction of the rural town of Ohara(大原）, which is located about an hour north of central Kyoto（京都）. The approach from Ohara bus stop to Sanzenin is lined with shops and restaurants catering to temple visitors, and there are a number of smaller temples in the vicinity. Sanzenin Temple itself has large temple grounds and a variety of buildings, gardens and walking paths.
Sanzenin is a temple of the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism and was founded by nobody less than the revered monk Saicho who introduced Tendai Buddhism to Japan in 804. Sanzenin is a monzeki temple( 門跡）, one of only a few temples whose head priests used to be members of the imperial family.
After entering the temple through the front gate, visitors to Sanzenin pass through a series of connected temple buildings. The first major building is the Kyakuden (guest hall), which displays works of Japanese calligraphy and paintings on sliding doors (fusuma襖). The building opens up onto the Shuhekien Garden, a traditional Japanese garden that has a small pond and hill.
Connected to the Kyakuden by a corridor, the Shinden (main hall) displays statues of three Buddhist deities, the central figure of Amida Buddha being flanked by the attendants Kannon and Fudo Myoo. From the Shinden visitors can enjoy the most famous view of Sanzenin Temple: the Ojo Gokuraku-in Hall seen through maple and cedar trees across a moss garden.
After admiring the view from the Shinden, visitors walk through the moss garden. A tranquil atmosphere permeates the garden, and there are a number of amusing stone statues that peek out from the moss.
Located in the middle of the moss garden, the Ojo Gokuraku-in Hall（往生極楽院） is the oldest temple building at Sanzenin. The hall was first built in 985 and most recently rebuilt in 1143. It holds a statue of Amida Buddha, Sanzenin's most valued treasure. The statue of Amida is accompanied by two attendant deities, Kannon on one side and Seishi on the other.
- Wikipedia
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location :Former Omuro Imperial Palace / World Heritage site Ninnaji Temple ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture Japan
Ninna-ji (仁和寺 Ninna-ji) is the head temple of the Omuro school of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. Located in western Kyoto, Japan, it was founded in AD 888 by the retired Emperor Uda. It is part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto", a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ninna-ji was founded in the early Heian period. In 886, Emperor Kōkō ordered the construction of the Nishiyama Goganji Temple to bless the nation and propagate Buddhist teachings, but he did not live to see its completion. Emperor Uda saw the construction to its completion in 888 and named it "Ninna" after the regnal year of the late Emperor Kōkō's reign. From 888 to 1869 it was traditional for reigning Emperors to send a son to the temple to take over as head priest when a vacancy arose.
After retiring from his throne, Emperor Uda became the first Monzeki, or aristocratic priest, of Ninna-ji. From then on until the end of the Edo period, the temple saw a succession of head priests of imperial lineage.
In 1467, the temple was destroyed by fire and fighting in the Ōnin War. It was rebuilt roughly 150 year later, thanks to the eldest son of Emperor Go-Yōzei, Kakushin Hosshinnō, who enlisted the help of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. The resurrection coincided with the rebuilding of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto and thus received imperial funding.
The tradition of having aristocratic or persons of imperial lineage serve as chief of the temple ended with the 30th Monzeki, Junnin Hosshinnō in the late Edo period.
Most of the surviving buildings date from the 17th century, and include a five-story pagoda and an orchard of dwarf cherry trees. The temple itself features some beautifully painted screen walls, and a beautiful walled garden.
- wikipedia
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This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy also. So tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited here.
locatiion : Kyoto Gyoen National Park
（Kyoto Imperial Palace Park）
Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都御苑
京都御苑内公家邸跡 － 摂家・九条邸 茶室「拾翠亭」
In the south west corner of the Palace grounds( Kyoto Gyoen National Park) are the remains of the Kujo Residence, a once large house built for the Kujo family, who were one of the five families of imperial advisors.
location : Rakuhoku Renge-ji temple Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 洛北 蓮華寺
Rakuhoku Renge-ji temple :
This temple belongs to the Tendai sect of Buddhism cowned with the mountain name of Kinyozan.
Shigenao imaeda( 今枝重直),a retainer of the Maeda Clan in Kaga,present Ishikawa pref.,entered the priesthood around period from 1661 to 1673. He built a residence here and spent his later years associating with such people as Jozan Ishikawa 石川丈山and Tanyu Kano狩野探幽.His groundson Chikayoshi今枝民部近義,who admire the virtuous Shigenao, transfered a temple from Hachijo-Shiokoji(元西八条塩小路附近)to this place in order to pray for the repose of his grandfather. He made it as a sub-temple of the Enryakuji Jitsuzobo Temple延暦寺実蔵坊.
The principal statue enshrined in main hall is of Shakamuni Tothagata.Unique Rengeji temple-style tone lanterns with hexagonal shades and a monument commemorating Shigenao inscribed Tehsho-style calligraphy written by Jozan Ishikawa on top and passage composed by Jun-an Kinoshita are found on the grounds beautifully covered with moss.
The garden woth crane stone and turtle islands in the lake,an excellent example from Edo period(1603-1867) -Kyoto city
以下パンフレットより抜粋
蓮華寺は、元西八条塩小路附近（今の京都駅附近）にあった浄土教系の古寺で、応仁の乱後荒廃していたのを１６６２年（寛文2年）加賀前田家の老臣今枝民部近義が祖父今枝重直の菩提の為に、この地に移し再興したものである。(蓮華寺造営記、帰命山寺記）
再興の際に、石川丈山、狩野探幽、木下順庵、黄檗の隠元禅師木庵禅師等の著名文化人が協力している。（諸堂の様式碑文、什物等）
尚、本堂、鐘楼堂、井戸屋形、庭園は創建当時のままであり、小規模であるあがいずれも文人の残した貴重な文化遺産である。
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その間の快い緊張感がとても好きです。
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