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Southern Higashiyama is the most important sightseeing district in Kyoto. It contains everything from dazzling temples, to preserved lanes, to the city’s main geisha district. Composed almost entirely of traditional wooden buildings, it’s easy to feel as if you’ve slipped back in time while making your way up the stone paths, passing by shops selling a variety of goods from traditional crafts to more local treats. Whether it’s incense, figurines, accessories, Kyoto sweets, tea, or souvenirs, you’re bound to find it on one of these streets. Stylish cafes abound as well
Kōshin-dō temple
Yasaka Kōshin-dō (in its full name Daikoku-san Kongō-ji Kōshin-dō) is a small temple located in Higashiyama. The temple is dedicated to Kōshin-san a nickname of its main worship object Shōmen Kongō, a blue, guardian warrior and to the "three wise monkeys". They represent the Kōshin faith.
Wedding photos
In Kōshin belief, Kōshin-san is thought to help all those who strive in their livings, with all their efforts to be good persons. He is also thought to punish the bad.Kukurizaru is the round, ball shaped talisman made of cloth, representing the good faith monkeys.
Kushindo emblem
In many places at the temple hang color balls representing Kukurizaru, a monkey with bound feet and hands. In Kōshin belief, it represents the control of the playful and desire-driven creature everyone has inside his body.The folk faith says that to have a wish granted, you must sacrifice one desire. If you put your desire inside one of the color balls that represent the monkey Kukurizaru, Kōshin will help you to make that desire vanish and because desires are what keep wishes from coming true, your wish will be granted and you will also become a better person.
It is also said that when you feel a desire coming you must put your hands together and recite the Buddhist sutra: On deiba yakisya banta banta kakakaka sowaka. Kukurizaru and Kōshin-san will hear and will come to help you.There are old traditions and beliefs regarding monkeys in Japan. Monkeys are considered kind spirits protecting us and our homes from evil spirits and harmful intentions
The three monkeys in the attitude of "not hearing, not seeing, not talking" are a part of the Kōshin faith
The statue in Yasaka Koshin-do Temple is said to help those who touch or rub his statue on the part of the body where they are suffering an affliction
Symbol of Higashiyama Yasaka Pagoda (Hokan-ji
Temple)
This pagoda is in Hokanji temple, and there are only this pagoda and a few buildings in the narrow precincts. So "Yasaka Pagoda" is usually the popular name of the temple. The pagoda is 49 meters high, and is the third highest wooden building in Kyoto after Toji and Kofukuji. It is the landmark around this area.
It is said that this pagoda was built in 592 by Shotoku-taishi, a prince in that period. The historical fact is not sure, but it is sure that the temple had existed before the transfer of the national capital to Kyoto in 794.This pagoda had been destroyed by fire and rebuilt several times.Current pagoda was rebuilt in 1440 by Yoshinori Ashikaga, the 6th Shogun of Muromachi government. It is sometimes opened to the public
Shop front on San-nen Street Path near Kiyomizu-dera
Matcha is finely ground powder of specially grown and processed green tea
MatchaKyoto green tea ice cream
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Matcha Warabi Mochi, Japanese Green Tea Jelly
Jinrikisha, which literally means
human-powered vehicle
Pulled by a man, rarely a woman,
it's a "hunk", an ikemen who transports you:
muscular, tanned, charming, and always at your service to help
you discover the hidden treasures of the area that he knows inside
out. It's like having a personal,
professional guide
For 2 people, a 15-20 minute ride (1km to 1.5 km) is
usually around 3000 円 or 4000
円
Torii gate
Maiko
Kyoto A Kyomai performance by Maiko
The statue of Izumo no Okuni by Shijo Bridge in Kyoto
Okuni (born ca. 1572) was the originator of kabuki theater. She was believed to be a miko at the Grand Shrine of Izumo who began performing this new style of dancing, singing, and acting in the dry riverbeds of Kyoto.
It was during her performances in Kyoto that she also became
known for her performances of
nembutsu odori (or nembutsu dance) in honor of the Amida
Buddha
Text: InternetPictures: Sanda Foişoreanu Nicoleta Leu InternetCopyright: All the images belong to their authors
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Sound: Traditional Music of the Japanese Geisha by Hideo Osaka Ensemble 2017