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South Korea is a country whose language I don't understand and in which I can't even say "hello". Well, that actually was a lot of fun. Read my story:
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Today we got lost on a mountain road but ended up at a beautiful temple I've always wanted to visit. Katsuō-ji (勝尾寺) in northern Ōsaka Prefecture is primarily associated with the Shingon sect, and might go back to Kūkai or earlier, but it also incorporates Daruma (Bodhidharma, who transmitted meditation practices from India to China that in Japan became Zen Buddhism). Yet it is more like folk religion in Japan when people pray to Daruma to achieve their goals. As a testament, innumerable Daruma dolls have been left to decorate Katsuō-ji. The temple is photogenic and, untypical of Japanese architecture that blends with nature, more flashy in colors that appeal to Asian and other tourists. Similarly, chanting of the Heart Sūtra and other Buddhist scriptures is amplified, so the experience is more exciting than contemplative. Having a Shintō shrine in the Buddhist temple, however, is a syncretic practice harking back to Kūkai.

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Japan, Students Walking Through Torii Gates in Kyoto. Wall Art Prints: https://matthias-hauser.pixels.com/featured/path-of-prayers-students-walking-through-torii-gates-in-kyoto-matthias-hauser.html
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Hiked along the slope of the Eastern Mountains of Kyōto (東山), first up to the little-known Himukai Daijingū (日向大神宮), a little Shintō shrine whose grandiose name borrows from the ancient and most-revered Ise Jingū after which its architecture is modeled. Then to the iconic Zen Buddhist temple Nanzenji (南禅寺), and along Philosophy Road (哲学の道) to the Silver Pavilion Ginkakuji (銀閣寺). Then as now there was a shortage of silver, even to the Ashikaga Shōguns, so the pavilion was never gilded, but with its similarlity to the Golden Pavilion Kinkakuji and topped by a phoenix, it is nevertheless charming. Sakura cherry blossoms at their best all along the way, with other spring flowers like magnolia and early-blossoming purple azaleas, made for a long and aesthetically pleasing hike.

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🩷🩵*Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty!*Lord!*my God!*I come before Thee!*Do not hide Thy face from me!*Where we find Thee!*& adore Thee!*There a heav’n on earth must be!*To my heart!*O enter Thou!*Let it be Thy temple now!🩷🩵

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*Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty!*Lord!*my God!*I come before Thee!*Do not hide Thy face from me!*Where we find Thee!*& adore Thee!*There a heav’n on earth must be!*To my heart!*O enter Thou!*Let it be Thy temple now!

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*~*Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty!*Lord!*my God!*I come before Thee!*Do not hide Thy face from me!*Where we find Thee!*& adore Thee!*There a heav’n on earth must be!*To my heart!*O enter Thou!*Let it be Thy temple now!*~*

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Nikko Tosho-gu shrine is the most beautiful #shrine we have seen in #Japan . It has the famous "three monkey" carvings in many places and the buildings are plastered with gold. What is the most beautiful #temple or #shrine you have been to?
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A basic walk in Kyoto is from the Kawaramachi Station area along shops to Yasaka Shrine, then Maruyama Park (first photo). But instead of turning right toward the traditional shops along the slope and reaching the world heritage temple Kiyomizudera, I sometimes turn left and go along the slope to Chion-In (other three photos), the national head temple of a Pure Land Buddhist sect. Pure Land Buddhism has the most adherents in Japan, and this is a very large-scale temple for parishioners and members nationwide, rather than a sort of outdoor museum or monument like Kiyomizudera and most other major tourist attractions.

Everywhere in Kyoto and other prefectures is gorgeous during the fleeting cherry blossom viewing season, so any walking route with a lot of cultivated nature is rewarding to experience now.

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Exploring a #temple in a small town near #Yangon, #Myanmar. A daily photo from my archives.
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