Kyoto

Winter in Kamigamo, Kyoto

Winter in Kamigamo, Kyoto, by Kawase Hasui

Winter in Kamigamo, Kyoto, by Kawase Hasui Title: Winter in Kamigamo, Kyoto Author: Kawase Hasui Year: 1933 Size: 36.0 cm x 23.8 cm Location BUY Curated Contents: Hasui Moon Collection Related artworks Works of Kawase Hasui “The Kasuga Shrine in Nara” by Kawase Hasui “Winter Moon at Toyamagahara,” by Kawase Hasui “Night moon, sailboat, and […]

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Kinkakuji Temple by Yoshida Hiroshi

Kinkakuji Temple by Yoshida Hiroshi Title: Kinkakuji Temple Author: Yoshida Hiroshi Year: 1933 Size: 37.6 cm × 24.5 cm Related artworks “Avenue of Cherry Trees”, by Yoshida Hiroshi “Goshikibara” by Yoshida Hiroshi “Glittering Sea” by Yoshida Hiroshi “In a Temple Yard”  by Yoshida Hiroshi “A Garden in Okayama”, by Yoshida Hiroshi “Kagurazaka Street after a

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Omuro, Ninnaji Temple, Kyoto, by Yoshida Hiroshi

Omuro Temple, Kyoto, by Yoshida Hiroshi Title: Omuro, Ninnaji Temple, Kyoto Author: Yoshida Hiroshi Year: 1940 Size: 39.9 cm x 27 cm Related artworks “Glittering Sea” by Yoshida Hiroshi “Goshikibara” by Yoshida Hiroshi “Avenue of Cherry Trees”, by Yoshida Hiroshi “Dancing Fox”  by Ohara Koson “A flycatcher on snake gourd”  by Ohara Koson If you

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Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, famous for the red gates in Kyoto

Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto Fushimi Inari Shrine is located in the south part of Kyoto City where is the sightseeing spot with many historical architectures.    In Kyoto, the Japanese travelers visit the temples of Kinkakuji (Rokuonji) or Kiyomizu-dera rather than Fushimi Taisha. But the shrine is the most popular temple or shrine in

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The Buddhist temples in Japan, the way to pray and World Heritage sites

Japanese Buddhism temples The introduction of Buddhism with Buddha statue as present, via the country of Kudara, on the Korean Peninsula, to Japan was at the end of the 6th century(learn more about Buddha statue in Japan).         Sponsored Links And Hokoji Temple (法興寺), Asuka-dera(飛鳥寺), was built as the first regular Buddhism Temple in Japan.

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The location of Kyoto shi (city) and on google map.

Kyoto, the city of the traditional temples and shrines Kyoto, 京都(きょうと)in Japanese, has a population of 2.6 million But more than 80 million tourists visit the prefecture in a year.     Sponsored Links Because the area has so many sightseeing spots including old temple or shrine, and traditional dishes.       But not only that, people have

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Buddhist temples in Kyoto/ World Heritage

  Kyoto, one of the most traditional and historical cities in Japan, attracts more than 80 million people in a year. The city had assumed a role of an  administrative function since 794. With the beginning of Heian Period, many people moved from Nara(Heijo-kyo) to Kyoto(Heian-kyo, 平安京) and from that time, they built temples in the new

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