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Camellia Tea Ceremony☔️💚Kyōto's greens sing in rain💚🙌
#Kyoto #京都 #Sagano #嵯峨野 #Arashiyama #Japan #祇王寺 #Giōji #moss #Jojakkoji #常寂光寺
Roving SunTemple Hopping in Arashiyama
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 @ Kyoto, Japan
https://www.rovingsun.com/2023/12/02/temple-hopping-in-arashiyama/
After taking the bus from the Hyatt Place Kyoto to Arashiyama, we spent the day in the area visiting various temples, enjoying the fall colors, and of course walking through the famous bamboo forest.
#arashiyama #嵐山 #tenryuji #天龍寺 #arashiyamabambooforest #嵐山竹林
#jojakkoji #常寂光寺 #nisonin #二尊院 #gioji #祇王寺 #takiguchidera #滝口寺 #adashinonenbutsuji #化野念仏寺 #okochisansogarden #大河内山荘庭園 #kyoto #京都 #japan #日本
The origins of the temple are hazy, but it's thought the hermitage began as a dōjō called Ōjō-in (往生院 'Temple of Rebirth'), built by Ryōnin (良忍 1073-1132) to help spread Yūzū Nembutsu (融通念仏宗).
Ryōnin's (良忍) disciple Ryōchin (良鎮 ?-1182) took over the hall, and it was during his time that the dancers Giō (祇王 1172-?) & Hotoke Gozen (仏御前 1160-1180) took the tonsure here (with Giō's sister Gijo 祇女 and mother Toji 刀自).
The temple is now named after Giō.
💔THE DANCER'S RETREAT🙏
Beneath the rear flank of Mt. Ogura in Sagano (小倉山/嵯峨野), two temples have tragic tales to tell of broken hearts: the small nunnery of Giō-ji (祇王寺) and its neighbour Takiguchi-dera (滝口寺), where a farewell poem was left on a rock in blood🩸
Kyōto has a myriad of moss gardens, but for me Giō-ji's is something special.
Abelian