Entries from 2017-01-01 to 1 year
Nijō Castle is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings (Kuruwa) of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace, various support buildings and several gardens. The surface area…
Shimogamo Shrine in Japanese, is the common name of an important Shintosanctuary in the Shimogamo district of Kyoto city's Sakyō ward. Its formal name is Kamo-mioya-jinja . It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the …
Kamigamo Shrine is an important Shinto sanctuary on the banks of the Kamo River in north Kyoto, first founded in 678. Its formal name is the Kamo-wakeikazuchi Shrine It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the sevente…
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 H…
The Saiho-ji temple is one of the world heritage in Kyoto.This temple is famous for the garden covered with moss.It's very fantastic view. Saihō-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in Matsuo, Nishikyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple,…
The Daigo-ji temple is the very large site temple in Kyoto. This temple is also one of the world heritage,This temple is famous for the cherry blossom,the number is more than 1000 tree,They blooms in the early spring(around the middle week…
The Enryaku-ji temple is one of the popular world heritage in Shiga prefecture,neighbor of Kyoto. This temple is famous for burned out by the famous Military commander Oda Nobunaga. Enryaku-ji is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in…
Kiyomizu-dera temple is the one of the most famous temple in Kyoto. This temple is famous for the words "Kiyomizu no butai kara tobioriru ". In English this means "Just like you jump off a cliff into a lake or the ocean". Kiyomizu-dera , o…
Byodo-In is a temple in Uji-city,southward of Kyoto city. The shape of this temple is seems to be a phoenix. We Japanese are fascinated the beauty. This shrine is famous for the design in the back side of 10 yen coin.Please check the 10 ye…
We introduced about Kinkakuji-temple previous day. The Ginkaku-ji temple is the contrast to the Kinkaku-ji temple. The reason is simple. The word Kin means the "Gold", and the word "Gin" means the "Silver".The Kinkaku-ji temple is gorgeous…
There are 17 World heritages in Kyoto. Ryoanji -temple is also the one of the World heritage. Roanji -temple is famous for its garden.The symbolic structure of the thought "Zen style " Almost all of Japanese is fascinated by the beautiful …
There are a lot of Japanese traditional buildings in Kyoto,for example Temples(In Japanese "Tera") and Shrine(In Japanese "Jinja"), Some Temples and Shrines is has been registed as World Heritage. We are going to introduce representtive bu…
There are also a lot of shrine in Kyoto. Shrine are the for the laity of "Shinto". Shinto is based on the Japanese myth. It is said Japanese emperor is derived from this character of the myth So this is the reason there are a lot of shrine…
Kyoto is the most famous sightseeing spot in Japan. There are a lot of historical and wonderful place for tourists. There are a lot of temples in Kyoto.Of course there are a lot of temples in other cities in Japan. Japanese emperors used t…
There are two type religious buildings , temple and shrine in Japan. Do you know the differance? The difference is very simple. The temples are for the buddhist.The shrines are for laity of Shinto. Temple is like this This is Kiyomizu-dera…
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