Date:2008/08/18 08:00

Daigo-ji(醍醐寺) is part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto" World Heritage Site.
Daigo-ji is also famous that "more than seven centuries after its founding in 874, Toyotomi Hideyoshi held a famous cherry-blossom party there".

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Date:2008/08/03 05:49

"Kiyomizu-Dera" is one of the Buddhist Temples located in the eastern part of Kyoto City.
It's full name is "Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺) is a Unesco World Heritage listed site in the Eastern Kyoto region of Higashiyama and is one of the best known sights of the city.

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Date:2008/07/31 08:03

"Saiho-ji (西芳寺)" is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in Matsuo, Nishikyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple, which is famed for its moss garden, is commonly referred to as "Koke-dera"

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Date:2008/07/30 08:09

"Kinkaku-ji(金閣寺; Golden Pavilion Temple)" is also one of World Heritage located in north-western part of Kyoto.

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Date:2008/07/29 07:57

"Ginkaku-ji Temple (銀閣寺)" is one of World Heritage located in the center of Kyoto City in Japan.
The "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," is a Buddhist temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan. The official name is Jishō-ji (慈照寺, "Temple of Shining Mercy"). It was built in 1474 by the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who sought to emulate the golden Kinkaku-ji commissioned by his grandfather Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. The temple is part of the Shokoku-ji branch of Rinzai Zen..

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Date:2008/07/27 08:03

Nelumbo nucifera is known by a number of common names, including blue lotus, Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, and sacred water-lily.
I quote herewith Kyoto Shinbun News dated 20 Jul., 2008 regarding "Ancient Lotuses Large Flowers Bloom".
Byodo-in Temple located is in Uji City, Kyoto prefecture and it is one of the "World Heritage".

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Date:2008/07/20 06:24

I introduced one Secret of "Ryoanji Rock Garden" in this Blog.
But if you check English HP of "Ryoanji Temple", you will be able to find another three Secrets.
The way how to check it is as follows;
a) To access to English HP of "Ryoanji Temple"
b) To click the letter of "石", this Japanese Letter means "Stone" and/or Rock

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Date:2008/07/20 06:23

The Garden of the photo below is very famous, named "石庭" of "Ryoanji (龍安寺) Temple". "石庭" means a "Sand and Rock Garden".
The Secret of the Garden is as follows; ...

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Date:2008/07/20 06:23

"Ryoanji (龍安寺)" is located in northwest Kyoto, belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, and the temple is one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Regarding "Ryoanji", we are able to check it by WIKIPEDIA.
When I checked "Ryoanji" in WEB SITE, I found the Home Page of it...

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