'Sange' (散華) is a ritual offering of flowers. Early each morning at Hōnen-in 25 flowers (commonly camellia) are dedicated to a statue of Amida carved by Genshin (源信 942-1017).
The flowers represent the 25 bodhisattva who help Amida take the souls of the dead to paradise.
💔🙏AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER👑🗡️
Banbukyō-ji (萬無教寺 aka Manmukyō-ji) sits on the Philosopher's Path beneath Zenki-san (善気山).
Thanks to its links to Hōnen, it is better known as Hōnen-in (法然院), and because of the many camellia that grow here it's nicknamed Tsubaki-no-dera (椿の寺).
Nishida Kitarō's (西田幾多郎 1870-1945) famous poem is immortalized in stone on the path. It is an angry retort to blind nationalism.
people are people,
and I will be myself.
regardless,
the path I follow
I will follow on…
人は人吾はわれ也とにかくに吾行く道を吾は行くなり
Towards the middle of April parts of the canal beside the Philosopher's Path (哲学の道) become a river of petals.
The phrases 'hana-no-ukibashi' (花の浮橋 'floating bridge of flowers') and 'hanaikada' (花筏 'flower raft') both describe water thick with petals.
In Buddhism the equinox is known as 'Higan' (彼岸).
Higan translates as 'Other Shore', a reference to the far shore of the 'Sanzu-no-kawa' (三途の川 'River of the 3 Crossings'). Similar to the River Styx in Greek Mythology, the dead would cross the river to reach the afterlife.
👣🗾SCATTERING EARTH🤏⛰️
For 25 years Kurita Kōichi (栗田宏一) has walked the length and breadth of Japan, gathering small samples of soil from each settlement (whether hamlet, village, town or city) he passes through.
At Hōnen-in (法然院) he made a dedication of his life's work.
#Japan #Kyoto #京都 #KuritaKoichi #栗田宏一 #Honenin #法然院 #PhilosophersPath #Higashiyama
'Ao-onigiri' (青おにぎり) is a stone's throw from the Philosopher's Path.
The small store was quite recently brought to the attention of a global audience thanks to the hit Netflix show "Waffles + Mochi!", which explores food from around the world.
#Kyoto #Japan #Aoonigiri #青おにぎり #京都 #onigiri #おにぎり #PhilosophersPath
👹🍚THE OGRE & THE ONIGIRI👏🍙
Strong gusts put paid to Nao-chan's plans for a soothing tea ceremony beneath the cherry trees along the Philosopher's Path (哲学の道), so she packed her traveling tea kit and headed instead to one of Kyōto's best onigiri eateries for lunch🙌
#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #onigiri #おにぎり #PhilosophersPath #PhilosophersWalk #nodate #野点
A number of shrines and temples sit close to the Philosopher's Path. Here's a previous thread all about Ōtoyo-jinja (大豊神社), one of my favourites🐁⛩️🧵⬇️
https://x.com/camelliakyoto/status/1429596813917491207
taking it easy
the mouse sleeps too...
spring rain
安堵して鼠も寝るよ春の雨
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶).
Trans. David Lanoue.
#Kyoto #京都 #haiku #Japan #PhilosophersPath #Otoyojinja #大豊神社 #mice #mouse
🐭THE MICE SHRINE🐁 At the western foot of Tsubakigamine (椿ヶ峰 'Camellia Hill'), beside the 'Path of Philosophy' (哲学の道 'Tetsugaku-no-michi'), stands Ōtoyo-jinja (大豊神社). It's more familiarly known as the 'Mice Shrine' (鼠の社 'Nezumi-no-sha'). #Kyoto #京都 #大豊神社
Camellia Tea Ceremony
Joeri Coppens