🌸SAKURA STROLLS👣
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You can't really understand this garden without the context : just out of sight, around the corner, is an extremely lush, green garden.
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@camelliakyoto Are there cherries later in the season? Nobody ever mentions cherries.
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Tō-ji's 5-storied pagoda is 54.8m high, making it the tallest wooden tower in Japan. The original burnt down in 1055, and after rebuilding it was destroyed three more times.
The temple's current pagoda was funded by Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川家光) in 1644. -
Tō-ji's 5-storied pagoda is 54.8m high, making it the tallest wooden tower in Japan. The original burnt down in 1055, and after rebuilding it was destroyed three more times.
The temple's current pagoda was funded by Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川家光) in 1644. -
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7) Okazaki Canal
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During spring traditional flat-bottomed boats called Jukkoku-bune (十石舟) ply the waters of the Okazaki Canal.
400 cherry trees line the one & a half km stretch of waterway between the Lake Biwako Canal Museum (琵琶湖疎水記念館) & Ebisu-gawa Dam (夷川ダム).
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7) Okazaki Canal
️During spring traditional flat-bottomed boats called Jukkoku-bune (十石舟) ply the waters of the Okazaki Canal.
400 cherry trees line the one & a half km stretch of waterway between the Lake Biwako Canal Museum (琵琶湖疎水記念館) & Ebisu-gawa Dam (夷川ダム).
Fushimi Castle (伏見城)
Fushimi-jō (伏見城), known also as Momoyama Castle (桃山城), was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi between 1592-94 as his retirement base.
Stripped & dismantled by the Tokugawa from 1623, a replica (now closed) was built in 1964 as part of "Castle Land".
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Fushimi Castle (伏見城)
Fushimi-jō (伏見城), known also as Momoyama Castle (桃山城), was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi between 1592-94 as his retirement base.
Stripped & dismantled by the Tokugawa from 1623, a replica (now closed) was built in 1964 as part of "Castle Land".9) Kurama
Mt Kurama was once famed for its cherry trees, though very few remain nowadays.
In Heian times the nobility would make the long trek to see the blossoms, and followers of Jōdo-shū nicknamed it the 'Pure Land North of the Capital' (洛北浄土)
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9) Kurama
Mt Kurama was once famed for its cherry trees, though very few remain nowadays.
In Heian times the nobility would make the long trek to see the blossoms, and followers of Jōdo-shū nicknamed it the 'Pure Land North of the Capital' (洛北浄土)
#鞍馬寺 #Kuramadera10) The Philosopher's Path🥸
The Path of Philosophy (哲学の道) runs between Nanzen-ji (南禅寺) and Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺). It came to prominence after the philosophers and Kyōto University professors Nishida Kitarō (西田幾多郎 1870-1945) and Tanabe Hajime (田辺元 1885-1962) used the trail as an exercise route
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10) The Philosopher's Path🥸
The Path of Philosophy (哲学の道) runs between Nanzen-ji (南禅寺) and Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺). It came to prominence after the philosophers and Kyōto University professors Nishida Kitarō (西田幾多郎 1870-1945) and Tanabe Hajime (田辺元 1885-1962) used the trail as an exercise route
11) Myōren-ji (妙蓮寺)
🤲The temple is known for its 'Oeshiki-zakura' (御会式桜 'Memorial to Nichiren Sakura'), a tree that appeared to miraculously bloom of the 13th day of the 10th month, the anniversary of Nichiren's (日蓮 1222-82) death. In reality it is a long blooming type.
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