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Visited the Sanjusangendo today, a temple basically consisting of a great hall featuring 24 statues of the Heavenly Guardians and 1001 statues of the Thousand Armed Kannon. These statues are nearly life size, 500 Kannons placed right of the great statue in the middle (oh, and this one is...

permalink written by  JuergenS on July 21, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan
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Arashiyama

Went to Arashiyama today, a great area for walking around and a half-day hike. Took the bus to Arashiyama and first entered the Tenryu-ji (lit. Sky Dragon Temple), 500yen for the garden, another 100yen for the temple itself. Seemed about right in proportion, the most interesting part was...

permalink written by  JuergenS on July 20, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan
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Temple hopping

Went temple hopping today and topped it of with a visit at an onsen/sento. I started at Ninna-ji in the northwestern part of Kyoto. The temple is guarded by four statues, two lions on the inside, two gods(?) on the outside. Had a nice garden and some screen paintings on display. I...

permalink written by  JuergenS on July 19, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan
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Higashi Hongan-ji, Nishi Hongan-ji, Nijo Castle

Today I started off at Kyoto Station and headed north. Just a few minutes of walking brought me to the Higashi Hongan-ji (Eastern Temple of the Original Vow), the name and at the same time head temple of one of the dominating sub sects of the Shin sects of Buddhism in Japan, the other being...

permalink written by  JuergenS on July 18, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan
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Gion Matsuri

The Gion Matsuri spans the whole month of July and various events take place during this time in Kyoto. The main base for most activities is the Yasaka shrine. ======================== The floats: These are the trademark of the Gion Matsuri. Lots of floats are build every year and open...

permalink written by  JuergenS on July 17, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan
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Preview: Gion Matsuri

Spent the last few days exploring the area of Gion in Kyoto and the Gion Matsuri held there. Will do a post about that soon, wanted to wait till I had all the pictures I needed. The festival is over tomorrow and I am pretty tired from walking the Path of Philosophy and standing for three...

permalink written by  JuergenS on July 16, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan
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The Path of Philosophy and beyond

Last week I decided to walk the Path of Philosophy and visit some temples and shrines on the way, before going back to Gion for the matsuri. I didn't have the time to write about this before, I will however post it with the original date of this tour. I started off at the northern end of...

permalink written by  JuergenS on July 15, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan
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Preview: Next Week

As I said before, I will stay in Kyoto for a while now. This first week got me pretty tired, to be honest, and constantly hearing, reading and talking Japanese is straining too. Well, this week is the Gion Matsuri anyway (starting Wednesday, lasting four days) with gigantic floats being...

permalink written by  JuergenS on July 12, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan
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Preview: Hiroshima

For the next two days I will be exploring Hiroshima. While known to the world pretty much only as the target used for testing "Little Boy", it actually is an thriving and lively town. The attack killed one third of Hiroshima's inhabitants, and approximately as many in the years to follow, but...

permalink written by  JuergenS on July 9, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan
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Preview: Eiheiji

I will visit the Eiheiji temple tomorrow, one of the two main temples of the Soto sect (Zen Buddhism). It consists of about 70 buildings and is well visited all year long. As for today, I spent the day at Yurakuso bringing sleep, hydration and personal hygiene to Normal levels and...

permalink written by  JuergenS on July 7, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan
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