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2018年3月15日

A Statue of Buddha at Konkai Komyoji Temple

Konkai Komyoji (金戒光明寺), also known as Kurotani-san (くろ谷さん), is a famous temple of the Pure Land sect of Buddhism called Jodo shu (浄土宗) in Kyoto. There are many must-see spots at this temple, and my favorite is this statue of Buddha with a very unique hair style. The hair style came from a story of ・・・

2018年3月12日

Attire for Noh Play

This time, I’d like to write about Noh Shozoku (能装束), the attire for Noh (能, a form of classical Japanese musical drama) play. In the era of Kan ami (観阿弥, the frontier of Noh play in the Muromachi period) and his son Ze ami (世阿弥), simple daily clothes were used for the play and there ・・・

2018年3月12日

Inari Sushi, a Specialty of Fushimi District

When I was a child, my father often took me to Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine (伏見稲荷大社). The shrine is the headquarters of the god Inari of Japan, traditionally worshiped by merchants and manufacturers for its blessing for business prosperity. Alongside the approach to the shrine, there are a lot of restaurants and tea houses which ・・・

2018年3月10日

Cherry Blossoms at JR Momoyama Station

The wind is still cold but spring is definitely drawing near. I saw early blooms of winter cherry at JR Momoyama (桃山) station. The flowers were so beautiful under the blue sky. By the end of March, it will be the prime season of cherry blossom, and Kyoto will be crowded with visitors even more. ・・・

2018年3月10日

Camellia at Kurotani-san

The Konkai Komyou-ji (金戒光明寺), also known as Kurotani-san (くろ谷さん), is an old temple in Kyoto established by Honen Shonin (法然上人, the religious reformer and founder of the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism called Jōdo-shū). In front of Eiun-in (永運院), one of the sub-temples in the premises, there is an enormous Tsubaki (椿, ・・・