Honen-in Temple Where Japanese Buddhism comes into its own

法然院 In the cool hours of early summer take the narrow road south from the gate of Ginkaku-ji Temple to the elevated world of Hone…

Higashiyama Station

東山駅 Higashiyama is a station on the Tozai Line of the Kyoto subway one stop east of Sanjo Keihan Station (the interchange statio…

Fall Trip Part 6: Higashiyama and Kodaiji

After Kiyomizudera, we headed towards Kodaiji. I had originally planned for us to go there after Kiyomizudera on Saturday night, …