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2018年11月25日

Autumn Tints at Kameoka Izumo Daijingu Shrine

The autumn foliage this year has been reaching its climax! The other day, I took a trip to kameoka (亀岡) city to pay a visit to Izumo Daijingu (出雲大神宮) shrine. The foundation of the shrine is unknown because it is truly old, but at least, there is a description in the shrine’s history that the ・・・

2018年11月24日

Enjoy Kimono in Autumn

It has become the season of scarlet maple leaves. In Kyoto, there are many nice viewing spots for these autumn delights. In some gardens and temples/shrines, the ponds in the premises reflect the sparkles of the illumination at night like the mirror, and visitors can enjoy the magical spectacles of tinted leaves of red and ・・・

2018年11月23日

Light Up Event at Shosei-en Garden

Shosei-en (渉成園) Garden, included in one of YUMEYAKATA’s location photo program (https://www.kyoto.yumeyakata.com/syoseien), is a detached territory of Higashi Honganji (東本願寺) temple. Among Kyoto residents, the garden is more commonly known by the name “Kikoku-tei (枳殻邸, a house of trifoliate orange trees)”. The garden was landscaped by Iashikawa Jozan (石川丈山), a samurai commander/literary person in the ・・・

2018年11月23日

A Meisen Silk Scarf

Meisen (銘仙) is a casual type of silk Kimono for ladies which was once very popular during the Taisho (大正) till the beginning of the Showa (昭和) era. I remember my grandmother had a lot of them in her chest. Today, real Meisen are hardly to be seen, let alone to be worn, since they ・・・

2018年11月22日

Sogenchi Pond at Tenryu-ji Temple

Tenryu-ji (天龍寺), a site of World Heritage, is the head temple of Tenryu-ji Temple school of the Rinzai sect (臨済宗天龍寺派). The temple was built by Ashikaga Takauji (足利尊氏), the founder of the Muromachi shogunate (室町幕府), for the purpose of consoling the soul of the deceased Emperor Godaigo (後醍醐天皇) who was Takauji’s lifetime enemy. Unfortunately, no ・・・