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2019年12月7日

Famous Malaysian Instagramer Cheesie came to Yumeyakata!

　On 7th November, Malaysian Famous Instagramer Ms. Cheesie came to Yumeyakata! She dressed up in a black and white kimono with sakara pattern (Kimono Plan 2800yen) to match with a red belt. It was so cute!!!!!!! Thank you for coming to Yumeyakata. Hope to see you again in Kyoto!! If you are a blogger or ・・・

2019年12月3日

Autumn in Ryoanji Temple

For the first time in a while, I visited Ryoanji (龍安寺) temple. The temple with its old history since the Muromachi (室町) period, is world-wide famous for its rock garden. Interestingly, there is no record about the creation of the garden, such as by whom, how nor when it was created. Aside from that, there ・・・

2019年12月1日

Hana Chozu (Washing Water Basin Filled with Flowers) at Yanagidani Kannon

The weather is lovely these days here in Kyoto. Today, I would like to introduce you a very popular temple in Kyoto, especially among girls. The temple is better known by its nickname “Yanagidani Kannon (楊谷観音)” than its official name “Yokokuji (楊谷寺)”. It is located in a mountain area in the outskirt of Nagaokakyo (長岡京) ・・・

2019年11月25日

The Rainbow Colored Water Basin at Yokokuji Temple

Last time I wrote about the flower waterbasin at Yokokuji (揚谷寺) temple, aka Yanagidani Kannon (柳谷観音). This time I would like to introduce the other pretty water basin at the same temple. During the Autumn Foliage Week at this temple, Josyoin (上書院, the special guest room) is exclusively opened to the public, and the limited ・・・

2019年11月18日

Autumn Foliage at Shinnyodoh Temple

Shinsho Gokurakuji (真正極楽寺), better known as Shinnyodoh (真如堂), is a temple of Tendai (天台) sect Buddhism and was founded by St. Kaisan (戒算上人) in 984. I guess many of you might feel familiar about the temple by the famous television advertising by JR Tokai. In the quiet premises, three temple buildings, such as Hondo (本堂, ・・・