Visiting Shimogamo Shrine on a beautiful February morning
was a pure bliss. Continue reading “Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto”
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Kinkaku-ji and Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto
If you’ve been to Kyoto, chances are that you’ve been to Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺). It is one of most visited places in the ancient capital of Japan.
The Golden Pavilion has three levels, each carrying a distinctive architecture style: shinden (11th century aristocracy) on the first level, buke-zukuri (warrior residence) on the second, and Chinese Zen (Buddhist temple) on the third. Continue reading “Kinkaku-ji and Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto”
Plum Blossom at Kitano Tenmangu, Kyoto
Kitano Tenmangu (北野天満宮) is a Shinto shrine located in northwest Kyoto. It is built in 947AD to honor Sugawara no Michizane.
An important scholar, poet and politician of the Heian period, Sugawara no Michizane (菅原道眞) read poems at the age of five and wrote Chinese poems at the age of eleven. Continue reading “Plum Blossom at Kitano Tenmangu, Kyoto”
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