{"id":3933,"date":"2017-06-29T17:26:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T08:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/japan-4seasons.com\/wp2\/?p=3933"},"modified":"2017-07-17T19:49:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T10:49:51","slug":"%e4%b8%89%e5%ae%a4%e6%88%b8%e5%af%ba%ef%bc%88%e3%81%8a%e5%af%ba%e3%81%a8%e8%93%ae%e3%81%ae%e8%8a%b1%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japan-4seasons.com\/en\/kyoto\/3933.html","title":{"rendered":"Mimurotoji-Temple (Temple Halls and Lotus Flowers)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We went to Mimurotoji-temple in Uji City, Kyoto. The Buddhist temple was built by order of Emperor Konin about 1,200 years ago. The temple is also famous for hydrangea (Japanese hydrangea).<\/p>\n

We reached Mimurotoji-temple by taking the JR line from Osaka station to Uji station through the Kyoto station for about one hour and using a taxi for about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

The temple halls of the Buddhist temple are built on the mountainside, and we walked from here.<\/p>\n

The bridge on the lower left side in this picture is “Jataibashi bridge” (snake bridge), and tradition says that a snake shadow appears when rain falls.<\/p>\n

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This is the hydrangea garden of the Buddhist temple visible from the approach to the “Sanmon.”<\/p>\n

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Various flowers bloom around the approach road.<\/p>\n

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This is the “Sanmon” (entrance gate of the Buddhist temple).<\/p>\n

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Passing through the “Sanmon,” we saw a large stairway. There are temple halls when you go up to the top of the stairway.<\/p>\n

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The stone sign says “Welcome to our temple.”<\/p>\n

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This is “Ugajin<\/a>,” a Snake God, which is also called “Komahebi” (guardian snake) just next to the stairway.<\/p>\n

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This is Chozuya<\/a> at which you purified yourself by washing your hands and mouth. “Fudomyoo<\/a>” (Acala) was placed in the Chozuya.<\/p>\n

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This is the precinct guide map of this temple. The “Hondo” (main hall), “Amidado hall,” “Shoro” (bell hall) and “Sanjuto” (three-storied pagoda) were built in the Edo period (1603-1868), and the “Isoha jinjya” shrine was built in the Muromachi period (1336-1573).<\/p>\n

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