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  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-8.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-2.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-10.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-6.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-9.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is a long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies, particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-1.jpg
  • Shuzenji Bamboo Forest - Chikurin No Komichi in Shuzenji is a path that follows the Katura River - contrasts between the bamboo  stretching to the blue sky and the red bridges is what makes Shuzenji Onsen special. Shuzenji Onsen is one of the  most famous onsen towns in Japan located on the Izu Peninsula. Shuzenji attracts visitors with its attractive hilly setting and history.
    shuzenji-bamboo-5.jpg
  • Shuzenji Bamboo Forest - Chikurin No Komichi in Shuzenji is a path that follows the Katura River - contrasts between the bamboo  stretching to the blue sky and the red bridges is what makes Shuzenji Onsen special. Shuzenji Onsen is one of the  most famous onsen towns in Japan located on the Izu Peninsula. Shuzenji attracts visitors with its attractive hilly setting and history.
    shuzenji-bamboo-4.jpg
  • Shuzenji Bamboo Forest - Chikurin No Komichi in Shuzenji is a path that follows the Katura River - contrasts between the bamboo  stretching to the blue sky and the red bridges is what makes Shuzenji Onsen special. Shuzenji Onsen is one of the  most famous onsen towns in Japan located on the Izu Peninsula. Shuzenji attracts visitors with its attractive hilly setting and history.
    shuzenji-bamboo-1.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-41.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    September-16.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-13.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-15.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-5.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-14.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-10.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-11.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden; sometimes called "The Bamboo Temple" because of this grove; elsewhere at Hokokuji the zen garden, trees and plants are blended with the hills and natural background of the landscape.
    hokokuji-2.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans.  The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-6.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-5.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-6.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-1.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-2.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-8.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-9.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-7.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-3.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-4.jpg
  • Arashiyama bamboo groves are found behind Tenryuji Temple and along the trail to the Okochi Sanso. The bamboo is still used to manufacture various products, such as baskets, cups, boxes, mats and pieces of art at workshops in the Arashiyama area.  The bamboo grove trail is known in Japanese as Chikurin-no-komichi.  The grove is one of the most beautiful bamboo forests in Japan.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-5.jpg
  • Arashiyama Bamboo Grove Arashiyama is a district on the western outskirts of Kyoto, Japan. It also refers to the mountain across the Oi River, which forms a backdrop to the district.  Its famous Sagano Bamboo Grove is one of the most beautiful bamboo forests in Japan. The sound of the wind in this bamboo forest has been voted as one of "one hundred must-be-preserved sounds of Japan" by the Japanese government.
    arashiyama-bamboo-5.jpg
  • Since the year 736, Hase-Dera Temple has been known as the 4th station among the 33 holy places in the Kanto area, and one of the main stops for Buddhist pilgrims in Kamakura, situated down the street from the Great Buddha of Kamakura.  Hase-Dera has landscaped Japanese gardens, a giant prayer wheel, jizo caves, a bamboo grove and a vegetarian restaurant up the hill with a bird-eye view of Kamakura and the Shonan Coast.
    bamboo-fountain.jpg
  • Women in Kimono at Bamboo Grove Eishoji- Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-17.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-10.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-amber-1.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-09.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-21.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-18.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-11.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-04.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-03.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-23.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-20.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-08.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-07.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-01.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-24.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-22.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-02.jpg
  • Rickshaw at Arashiyama bamboo groves, found behind Tenryuji Temple and along the trail to the Okochi Sanso. The bamboo is still used to manufacture various products, such as baskets, cups, boxes, mats and pieces of art at workshops in the Arashiyama area.  The bamboo grove trail is known in Japanese as Chikurin-no-komichi
    japanese-rickshaw-16.jpg
  • Rickshaws still ply the streets of Arashiyama in the rural part of Kyoto. Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job.  The bamboo grove at Arashiyama, where this rickshaw and passengers is located,  is one of Kyoto's best retreats from the urban scene.
    japanese-rickshaw-5.jpg
  • Jochiji Bamboo Grove & Tanuki Badger - Jochiji ranks 4th of the five great Zen Buddhist temples of Kamakura -  a branch of Engakuji located a few hundred meters away. Jochi-ji was founded in 1283 by the ruling Hojo family, to honor the premature death of their son. This was once a large temple complex with many sub-temples but now it is calm.  Behind the temple a circular path leads through the temple garden past caves and a graveyard.  At the temple's entrance at the bottom of the hill is one of the ten celebrated wells of Kamakura.  Jochiji is unique in that it has a two storey main gate with a bell on the second floor, an unusual combination at Japanese temples.  In addition the shape of the windows are in the shape of bells. The bell itself was cast in 1340.  At its peak, the Temple had 11 different structures including the main hall as well as numerous sub-temples, with 500 residents in the temple precinct.  Many people are familiar with Jochiji as it is alongside the Daibutsu Hiking Trail.  Many visitors hiking or making pilgrimage to the Great Buddha of Kamakura along this trail pass by Jochiji and many stop for a visit en route.
    jochi-ji-5.jpg
  • Rickshaw at Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    japanese-rickshaw-17.jpg
  • Bamboo is the largest species in the grass family Poaceae. In most types of bamboo the stems are hollow and the sections are modular. Besides having tensile strength that rivals steel, it is also a food source and one of the fastest growing plants on Earth.
    nonin-ji--10.jpg
  • Bamboo is the largest species in the grass family Poaceae. In most types of bamboo the stems are hollow and the sections are modular. Besides having tensile strength that rivals steel, it is also a food source and one of the fastest growing plants on Earth.
    nonin-ji--11.jpg
  • Hokokuji Temple in Kamakaura is one of the few zen temples with a traditional garden in Kamakura, where the rocks, bamboo groves, zen garden, trees and plants are blended with the hills and natural background of the landscape.
    bamboo-grove.jpg
  • Nihon Teien Ryobo Momijitei Bamboo Garden- Although the facility is officially a deluxe graveyard, it is in fact open to the public with separate Japanese gardens.  The main garden is a strolling garden surrounding a large koi pond .  The showcase garden is a dry garden facing the cafe.  The third garden is a landscaped bamboo grove with rest areas and pavilion.
    Nihon-Teien-Ryobo-Momijitei-2.jpg
  • Nihon Teien Ryobo Momijitei Bamboo Garden- Although the facility is officially a deluxe graveyard, it is in fact open to the public with separate Japanese gardens.  The main garden is a strolling garden surrounding a large koi pond .  The showcase garden is a dry garden facing the cafe.  The third garden is a landscaped bamboo grove with rest areas and pavilion.
    Nihon-Teien-Ryobo-Momijitei-3.jpg
  • Gio-ji Temple Garden in Arashiyama Kyoto/  In recent years the temple was left unattended and fell in disrepair until an enterprising nun Chishoni moved in and tidied the grounds. Chishoni had been a geisha before taking the vows as a nun. Giyo-ji is a small hermitage now, and its main feature is its moss garden. A small stream crosses through the garden, allowing different types of moss to grow.  The garden is surrounded by a path.  On the northern side, there is a bamboo grove nicely integrated in the composition of the garden as a whole.  Giyo-ji is one of the best moss gardens in Kyoto, after the more famous Koke-dera.
    gio-ji-18.jpg
  • Gio-ji Temple Garden in Arashiyama Kyoto/  In recent years the temple was left unattended and fell in disrepair until an enterprising nun Chishoni moved in and tidied the grounds. Chishoni had been a geisha before taking the vows as a nun. Giyo-ji is a small hermitage now, and its main feature is its moss garden. A small stream crosses through the garden, allowing different types of moss to grow.  The garden is surrounded by a path.  On the northern side, there is a bamboo grove nicely integrated in the composition of the garden as a whole.  Giyo-ji is one of the best moss gardens in Kyoto, after the more famous Koke-dera.
    gio-ji-12.jpg
  • Gio-ji Temple Garden in Arashiyama Kyoto/  In recent years the temple was left unattended and fell in disrepair until an enterprising nun Chishoni moved in and tidied the grounds. Chishoni had been a geisha before taking the vows as a nun. Giyo-ji is a small hermitage now, and its main feature is its moss garden. A small stream crosses through the garden, allowing different types of moss to grow.  The garden is surrounded by a path.  On the northern side, there is a bamboo grove nicely integrated in the composition of the garden as a whole.  Giyo-ji is one of the best moss gardens in Kyoto, after the more famous Koke-dera.
    gio-ji-19.jpg
  • Gio-ji Temple Garden in Arashiyama Kyoto/  In recent years the temple was left unattended and fell in disrepair until an enterprising nun Chishoni moved in and tidied the grounds. Chishoni had been a geisha before taking the vows as a nun. Giyo-ji is a small hermitage now, and its main feature is its moss garden. A small stream crosses through the garden, allowing different types of moss to grow.  The garden is surrounded by a path.  On the northern side, there is a bamboo grove nicely integrated in the composition of the garden as a whole.  Giyo-ji is one of the best moss gardens in Kyoto, after the more famous Koke-dera.
    gio-ji-4.jpg
  • Rickshaws still ply the streets of Arashiyama in the rural part of Kyoto. Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job.
    japanese-rickshaw-14.jpg
  • Hokukuji Temple Tea House - Traditional Japanese architecture is designed around specific purposes. The chashitsu literally tea room is one special type of architecture, usually very small and made of natural materials:  wood, plaster, reed tatami floords, and shoji paper windows.  The special architectural style that developed for chashitsu is called sukiya style or specifically sukiya zukuri.  It has come to indicate a style of designing public facilities and private homes based on tea house aesthetics.  Features of chashitsu typically include a tokonoma alcove; subdued colors, and the size is ideally 4.5 tatami mats.
    hokokuji-3.jpg
  • Hokukuji Temple Tea House - Traditional Japanese architecture is designed around specific purposes. The chashitsu literally tea room is one special type of architecture, usually very small and made of natural materials: wood, plaster, reed tatami floords, and shoji paper windows. The special architectural style that developed for chashitsu is called sukiya style or specifically sukiya zukuri. It has come to indicate a style of designing public facilities and private homes based on tea house aesthetics. Features of chashitsu typically include a tokonoma alcove; subdued colors, and the size is ideally 4.5 tatami mats.
    hokokuji-8.jpg
  • Hokukuji Temple Tea House - Traditional Japanese architecture is designed around specific purposes. The chashitsu literally tea room is one special type of architecture, usually very small and made of natural materials: wood, plaster, reed tatami floords, and shoji paper windows. The special architectural style that developed for chashitsu is called sukiya style or specifically sukiya zukuri. It has come to indicate a style of designing public facilities and private homes based on tea house aesthetics. Features of chashitsu typically include a tokonoma alcove; subdued colors, and the size is ideally 4.5 tatami mats.
    hokokuji-teahouse-1.jpg
  • Hokukuji Temple Water Fountain - sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans.  The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-128.jpg
  • Wat Phra Kaew in Chiang Rai was once known as Wat Pa Yeah - the Temple in the Golden Bamboo Forest - because it was surrounded by a  bamboo grove. Its name was changed to Wat Phra Kaew in 1434 after its chedi was struck by lightning revealing the Phra Kaew Marakot  Buddha within. A replica  Phra Kaew Marakot image was carved in China of Canadian jade and stands within the temple today.
    phra-kaew-chiang-rai-2.jpg
  • Eifuku-ji is No. 57 on the Shikoku pilgrimage, located in the countryside outside of Imabari, in a beautiful bamboo grove.  On the hill above the temple is a Shinto shrine which used to be part of the same complex before Buddhism and Shinto were separated. The shrine affords a panoramic view over Imabari and the Seto Inland Sea. Both the shrine and the temple are popular places to pray for safety at sea. The ashes of incense burned at the Yakushido are believed to offer protection from illness.  The temple was the location for the film “I Am a Monk”. A long road leads up to Eifuku-ji which stands in a forest of bamboo.  At Eifuku-ji, there’s a brown building in a modern style that dominates the temple.
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  • Eifuku-ji is No. 57 on the Shikoku pilgrimage, located in the countryside outside of Imabari, in a beautiful bamboo grove.  On the hill above the temple is a Shinto shrine which used to be part of the same complex before Buddhism and Shinto were separated. The shrine affords a panoramic view over Imabari and the Seto Inland Sea. Both the shrine and the temple are popular places to pray for safety at sea. The ashes of incense burned at the Yakushido are believed to offer protection from illness.  The temple was the location for the film “I Am a Monk”. A long road leads up to Eifuku-ji which stands in a forest of bamboo.  At Eifuku-ji, there’s a brown building in a modern style that dominates the temple.
    temple-57-eifukuji-2.jpg
  • Eifuku-ji is No. 57 on the Shikoku pilgrimage, located in the countryside outside of Imabari, in a beautiful bamboo grove.  On the hill above the temple is a Shinto shrine which used to be part of the same complex before Buddhism and Shinto were separated. The shrine affords a panoramic view over Imabari and the Seto Inland Sea. Both the shrine and the temple are popular places to pray for safety at sea. The ashes of incense burned at the Yakushido are believed to offer protection from illness.  The temple was the location for the film “I Am a Monk”. A long road leads up to Eifuku-ji which stands in a forest of bamboo.  At Eifuku-ji, there’s a brown building in a modern style that dominates the temple.
    temple-57-eifukuji-4.jpg
  • Eifuku-ji is No. 57 on the Shikoku pilgrimage, located in the countryside outside of Imabari, in a beautiful bamboo grove.  On the hill above the temple is a Shinto shrine which used to be part of the same complex before Buddhism and Shinto were separated. The shrine affords a panoramic view over Imabari and the Seto Inland Sea. Both the shrine and the temple are popular places to pray for safety at sea. The ashes of incense burned at the Yakushido are believed to offer protection from illness.  The temple was the location for the film “I Am a Monk”. A long road leads up to Eifuku-ji which stands in a forest of bamboo.  At Eifuku-ji, there’s a brown building in a modern style that dominates the temple.
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  • Chedi at Wat Phra Kaew in Chiang Rai once known as Wat Pa Yeah (the Temple in the Golden Bamboo Forest because it was surrounded by a  bamboo grove) Its name was changed to Wat Phra Kaew in 1434 after the chedi was struck by lightning revealing the Phra Kaew Marakot  Buddha within. A replica  Phra Kaew Marakot image was carved in China of Canadian jade is installed inside the temple today.
    phra-kaew-chiang-rai-1.jpg
  • Hokukuji Temple Water Fountain - sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans.  The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
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  • Hokukuji Temple, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans.  The temple and zen gardens were established by a Zen Buddhist monk Tengan Eko.  The zen garden uses "borrowed scenery" from the surrounding landscape.
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  • Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
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  • Buddha Cave at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-25.jpg
  • Anrakuji Temple Gate - the original site of the temple was 2 km from its present location where Kobo Daishi created a hot spring that was renowned for its healing properties. The temple was moved to its present location, and made ito a roadside temple to provide lodging for pilgrims.  Within its grounds is a two storey pagoda, a beautiful pond garden and a bamboo grove. Anrajkuji is entered through a big, white, Chinese-style gate,  and up the stairs by the gatehouse Anrakuji offers a tsuyado - free lodgings for walking pilgrims.  Anrakuji also has a shukubo of temple lodging at nominal cost.  Anrakuji has a long history of accommodating pilgrims, in part because of its location that is accessible if one were to start at temple 1 early in the morning it would be possible to reach by late afternoon.
    Anrakuji-10.jpg
  • Anrakuji Temple Pond Garden - the original site of the temple was 2 km from its present location where Kobo Daishi created a hot spring that was renowned for its healing properties. The temple was moved to its present location, and made ito a roadside temple to provide lodging for pilgrims.  Within its grounds is a two storey pagoda, a beautiful pond garden and a bamboo grove. Anrajkuji is entered through a big, white, Chinese-style gate,  and up the stairs by the gatehouse Anrakuji offers a tsuyado - free lodgings for walking pilgrims.  Anrakuji also has a shukubo of temple lodging at nominal cost.  Anrakuji has a long history of accommodating pilgrims, in part because of its location that is accessible if one were to start at temple 1 early in the morning it would be possible to reach by late afternoon.
    Anrakuji-9.jpg
  • Anrakuji Temple Water Fountain - the original site of the temple was 2 km from its present location where Kobo Daishi created a hot spring that was renowned for its healing properties. The temple was moved to its present location, and made ito a roadside temple to provide lodging for pilgrims.  Within its grounds is a two storey pagoda, a beautiful pond garden and a bamboo grove. Anrajkuji is entered through a big, white, Chinese-style gate,  and up the stairs by the gatehouse Anrakuji offers a tsuyado - free lodgings for walking pilgrims.  Anrakuji also has a shukubo of temple lodging at nominal cost.  Anrakuji has a long history of accommodating pilgrims, in part because of its location that is accessible if one were to start at temple 1 early in the morning it would be possible to reach by late afternoon.
    Anrakuji-4.jpg
  • Anrakuji Temple Water Fountain - the original site of the temple was 2 km from its present location where Kobo Daishi created a hot spring that was renowned for its healing properties. The temple was moved to its present location, and made ito a roadside temple to provide lodging for pilgrims.  Within its grounds is a two storey pagoda, a beautiful pond garden and a bamboo grove. Anrajkuji is entered through a big, white, Chinese-style gate,  and up the stairs by the gatehouse Anrakuji offers a tsuyado - free lodgings for walking pilgrims.  Anrakuji also has a shukubo of temple lodging at nominal cost.  Anrakuji has a long history of accommodating pilgrims, in part because of its location that is accessible if one were to start at temple 1 early in the morning it would be possible to reach by late afternoon.
    Anrakuji-3.jpg
  • Hase-dera Temple in Kamakura is officially named Kaiko-zan Jisho-in Hase-dera but commonly called Hase Kannon.  Hase-Dera has landscaped Japanese gardens, a giant prayer wheel, jizo caves, a bamboo grove, and a vegetarian restaurant up the hill with a birds-eye view of Kamakura and the Shonan Coast. Hase-dera is famous for its massive wooden statue of Kannon - a treasure of Japan.  Originally belonging to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, Hase-dera became an independent temple of the Jodo sect of Zen Buddhism.
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  • Zen Garden at Hase-dera - Hase-dera officially named Kaiko-zan Jisho-in Hase-dera but commonly called Hase Kannon.  Hase-Dera has landscaped Japanese gardens, a giant prayer wheel, jizo caves, a bamboo grove, and a vegetarian restaurant up the hill with a bird-eye view of Kamakura and the Shonan Coast. Hase-dera is famous for its massive wooden statue of Kannon - a treasure of Japan.  Originally belonging to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, Hase-dera became an independent temple of the Jodo sect of Zen Buddhism.
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  • Jizo at Hase-dera - Hase-dera officially named Kaiko-zan Jisho-in Hase-dera but commonly called Hase Kannon.  Hase-Dera has landscaped Japanese gardens, a giant prayer wheel, jizo caves, a bamboo grove, and a vegetarian restaurant up the hill with a bird-eye view of Kamakura and the Shonan Coast. Hase-dera is famous for its massive wooden statue of Kannon - a treasure of Japan.  Originally belonging to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, Hase-dera became an independent temple of the Jodo sect of Zen Buddhism.
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  • Gio-ji Temple Garden in Arashiyama Kyoto/  In recent years the temple was left unattended and fell in disrepair until an enterprising nun Chishoni moved in and tidied the grounds. Chishoni had been a geisha before taking the vows as a nun. Giyo-ji is a small hermitage now, and its main feature is its moss garden. A small stream crosses through the garden, allowing different types of moss to grow.  The garden is surrounded by a path.  On the northern side, there is a bamboo grove nicely integrated in the composition of the garden as a whole.  Giyo-ji is one of the best moss gardens in Kyoto, after the more famous Koke-dera.
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  • Senganen Garden, also known as Isoteien is a Japanese style landscape garden along the coast of Kagoshima. One of the garden's most striking feature is its use of Sakurajima and Kagoshima Bay as borrowed scenery. The garden includes small ponds, streams, shrines and a bamboo grove. Senganen was constructed in 1658 by the wealthy Shimazu Clan, one of the most powerful feudal clans during the Edo Period.  The Shimazu ruled Kagoshima for almost 700 years and continued to be influential into the modern era as earlyadopters of Western science and technology.  At the center of the garden stands the Iso Residence. The residence was originally built in 1658 along with the rest of the garden, but the current building mostly dates back to a reconstruction in the mid 1880s.
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  • Kairaku-en Garden, literrally  "A park to be enjoyed together" is a Japanese garden located in Mito, Japan. Along with Kenroku-en and Koraku-en, Kairaku-en is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan. Built in the year 1841 by lord Tokugawa Nariaki,  and though worth a visit throughout the year, the garden is at its most attractive during the plum blossom season, which takes place in early March. More than 3000 plum trees have been planted here. Besides the plum tree forest, Kairakuen also features a bamboo grove, cedar woods and the Kobuntei, a traditional Japanese style building - its name is derived from  the word plum.
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  • Buddha Cave Niche at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-28.jpg
  • Buddha Cave at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-27.jpg
  • Buddha Cave at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-26.jpg
  • Buddha Cave at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-15.jpg
  • Buddha Cave at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-13.jpg
  • Buddha Cave at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-14.jpg
  • Eishoji Temple Gate - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-06.jpg
  • Kobo Daishi Statue at Anrakuji Temple - Anrakuji Temple - the original site of the temple was 2 km from its present location where Kobo Daishi created a hot spring that was renowned for its healing properties. The temple was moved to its present location, and made ito a roadside temple to provide lodging for pilgrims.  Within its grounds is a two storey pagoda, a beautiful pond garden and a bamboo grove. Anrajkuji is entered through a big, white, Chinese-style gate,  and up the stairs by the gatehouse Anrakuji offers a tsuyado - free lodgings for walking pilgrims.  Anrakuji also has a shukubo of temple lodging at nominal cost.  Anrakuji has a long history of accommodating pilgrims, in part because of its location that is accessible if one were to start at temple 1 early in the morning it would be possible to reach by late afternoon.
    Anrakuji-8.jpg
  • Anrakuji Temple Pond Garden - the original site of the temple was 2 km from its present location where Kobo Daishi created a hot spring that was renowned for its healing properties. The temple was moved to its present location, and made ito a roadside temple to provide lodging for pilgrims.  Within its grounds is a two storey pagoda, a beautiful pond garden and a bamboo grove. Anrajkuji is entered through a big, white, Chinese-style gate,  and up the stairs by the gatehouse Anrakuji offers a tsuyado - free lodgings for walking pilgrims.  Anrakuji also has a shukubo of temple lodging at nominal cost.  Anrakuji has a long history of accommodating pilgrims, in part because of its location that is accessible if one were to start at temple 1 early in the morning it would be possible to reach by late afternoon.
    Anrakuji-7.jpg
  • Anrakuji Temple Gate - the original site of the temple was 2 km from its present location where Kobo Daishi created a hot spring that was renowned for its healing properties. The temple was moved to its present location, and made ito a roadside temple to provide lodging for pilgrims.  Within its grounds is a two storey pagoda, a beautiful pond garden and a bamboo grove. Anrajkuji is entered through a big, white, Chinese-style gate,  and up the stairs by the gatehouse Anrakuji offers a tsuyado - free lodgings for walking pilgrims.  Anrakuji also has a shukubo of temple lodging at nominal cost.  Anrakuji has a long history of accommodating pilgrims, in part because of its location that is accessible if one were to start at temple 1 early in the morning it would be possible to reach by late afternoon.
    Anrakuji-5.jpg
  • Hasedera Gate - Hase-dera Temple in Kamakura is officially named Kaiko-zan Jisho-in Hasedera but commonly called Hase Kannon.  Hase-Dera has landscaped Japanese gardens, a giant prayer wheel, jizo caves, a bamboo grove, and a vegetarian restaurant uphill with a birds-eye view of the Shonan Coast. Hase-dera is famous for its massive wooden statue of Kannon - a treasure of Japan.
    hase-dera-gate-1.jpg
  • Hase-dera Temple in Kamakura is officially named Kaiko-zan Jisho-in Hase-dera but commonly called Hase Kannon.  Hase-Dera has landscaped Japanese gardens, a giant prayer wheel, jizo caves, a bamboo grove, and a vegetarian restaurant up the hill with a birds-eye view of Kamakura and the Shonan Coast. Hase-dera is famous for its massive wooden statue of Kannon - a treasure of Japan.  Originally belonging to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, Hase-dera became an independent temple of the Jodo sect of Zen Buddhism.
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  • Hasedera Gate - Hase-dera Temple in Kamakura is officially named Kaiko-zan Jisho-in Hase-dera but commonly called Hase Kannon.  Hase-Dera has landscaped Japanese gardens, a giant prayer wheel, jizo caves, a bamboo grove, and a vegetarian restaurant up the hill with a birds-eye view of Kamakura and the Shonan Coast. Hase-dera is famous for its massive wooden statue of Kannon - a treasure of Japan.  Originally belonging to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, Hase-dera became an independent temple of the Jodo sect of Zen Buddhism.
    kamakura-hasedera-04.jpg
  • Sakura at Hasedera - Hase-dera Temple in Kamakura is officially named Kaiko-zan Jisho-in Hase-dera but commonly called Hase Kannon.  Hase-Dera has landscaped Japanese gardens, a giant prayer wheel, jizo caves, a bamboo grove, and a vegetarian restaurant up the hill with a birds-eye view of Kamakura and the Shonan Coast. Hase-dera is famous for its massive wooden statue of Kannon - a treasure of Japan.  Originally belonging to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, Hase-dera became an independent temple of the Jodo sect of Zen Buddhism.
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