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2018年12月1日

Hiranoya, Ayu (Sweet-fish) Restaurant

The maple trees at the Sagano (嵯峨野) district has become deeply tinted. Hiranoya (平野屋), located at the foot of torii (鳥居) gate of Atago shrine (愛宕神社), is an authentic restaurant whose specialty is Ayu (鮎, sweet-fish) cuisine. The restaurant’s building with the straw-thatched roof, is four hundred years old, and pleases the visitors’ eyes by ・・・

2018年11月29日

Autumn Foliage at Shugakuin Imperial Villa

By the order of the Retired-Emperor Gomizunoo (後水尾上皇) in the mid-seventeenth century, Shugakuin Rikyu (修学院離宮, Shugakuin Imperial Villa) was constructed at the foot of Mt. Hiei (比叡山). In the vast premises with steep elevation difference, three villas, such as the lower, the middle and the upper villas, are located. With the back ground of Mt. ・・・

2018年11月28日

Autumn Tints at Ancient Jingoji Temple

Sanbi (三尾) is a secluded village in the northern Kyoto surrounded by Mt. Takao (高雄), Mt. Makio (槙ノ尾), and Mt. Togano (栂ノ尾). The ancient temples on each mountain, such as Jingoji (神護寺), Kozanji (高山寺), and Saimyoji (西明寺), are also very famous. If you wish to take a small trip away from the city, Sanbi is ・・・

2018年11月27日

Autumn Foliage at Enkando Temple

If you wish to visit a nice spot for viewing autumn foliage, Eikado (永観堂) temple is the place to go. Sujiwara Sekio (藤原関雄), a nobleman in the Heian (平安) era, once composed a poem about the beauty of tinted leaves of red and gold on the steep rock wall near the Mieido (御影堂, the hall ・・・

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 ・・・