Kameyama Park/亀山公園/2025.04.05
#Kyoto #京都 #arashiyama #嵐山
#KameyamaPark #亀山公園
#ArashiyamaPark #嵐山公園
#NearbyPark #近所の公園
#CherryBlossoms #桜
#WinterCherry #十月桜
#JapaneseAndromeda #馬酔木 #アセビ

The bamboo forest, mountain lookout, and other attractions of Arashiyama were all awesome to my guest visiting Kyōto (嵐山、京都).

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Showing an American professor friend the magnificent temple Daikakuji (大覚寺) and its big pond area. It was the temple of Emperor Saga (嵯峨天皇), and the area is named Saga Arashiyama (嵯峨嵐山). I told her the history (or saga!) of how Emperor Saga's patronage of Kūkai (空海) in the early 9th Century [also recall my recent photos and explanation of the temple Tōji (東寺)] was a key to launching the golden age of the Heian Period (平安時代). The national capital Heian-Kyō (平安京) is now called Kyōto (京都).

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Seiryoji Temple/清凉寺/2024.12.28
#Kyoto #京都 #arashiyama #嵐山
#sagano #嵯峨野
#sagaarashiyama #嵯峨嵐山
#Seiryoji #清凉寺
#Sagasyakado #嵯峨釈迦堂
#NearbyTemple #近所の寺
#AutumnLeaves #紅葉

THE TEMPLE WITHOUT WALLS

the autumn wind
twisting and turning
enters my gate
秋風や曲がり曲がりて門に入
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1814.
Trans. David Lanoue.

Of all the temples in Kyōto, Jōjakkō-ji's (常寂光寺) seasonal transformations are some of the most beautiful.

...and this is where Kurobee lives