Posts Tagged ‘Kyoto’
the 11th year
March 29 marks the anniversary of my arrival in Japan, where I’ve now lived for a total of ten full years, almost a quarter of my life. I celebrated the beginning of my 11th year of living in Japan with a trip to Sennyū-ji temple (泉涌寺) in Kyoto with the poets Yoko Danno and Kiyoko […]
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Tags: cherry blossoms, Daikoku, 雲龍院, kannon, Kyoto, Sennyū-ji, spring, ten years in Japan, Unryū-in, 桜, 泉涌寺, 京都
100 Thousand Poets for Change
It’s taken me long enough, but I’ve finally gotten around to uploading a few photos from the 100 Thousand Poets for Change event held in Kyoto last September. You can read more about the 100 Thousand Poets for Change project here. From the top of the page (and not particularly in reading order): Kiyoko Ogawa […]
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gion matsuri (shinkousai)
Although many people consider the Yamaboko Junkō parade to be the main event of Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri festival, I was really looking forward to seeing the shinkousai (神幸祭 — literally ‘god happiness festival’) at Yasaka-jinja. The origin of Gion Matsuri dates back to 869 AD when a plague ravaged the Kyoto area. Thinking that the […]
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gion matsuri (yamaboko junkō)
Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri festival (祇園祭), which is one of Japan’s “big three” festivals, takes place every year over the course of the entire month of July. Though there are special events scheduled for almost every day during the month of July, what is generally considered the main event — the Yamaboko Junkō (山鉾巡行) parade — […]
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autumn viewing at enkoji temple
Enkoji temple (圓 光寺) is one of the nicer places to go for autumn maple-leaf viewing. The temple was founded as a place for scholarship and learning in 1601 by Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was originally in Fushimi, in the southern part of Kyoto, but in 1667 the temple was moved to its current location near […]
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autumn swordsman
Hachidai shrine (八大神社) is right next to Shisendo, and is most famous because of it’s association with Miyamoto Musashi, one of Japan’s most famous swordsmasters. Supposedly he came here to pray before the epic battle with the Yoshioka school in which he single-handedly consigned an entire branch of the school to oblivion. Here’s how Wikipedia […]
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autumn leaves at shisendo
Since autumn is here and the maple-viewing season is almost upon us, I thought I would drop a few seasonally appropriate posts. These shots were taken a few years ago on a trip to Shisendo temple (詩仙堂) that was taken together with the lovely Ohta Ikuko. Shisendo is especially famous for its maple trees, which […]
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