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  1. a dragonfly
    dressed in a red
    festival robe
    御祭の赤い出立の蜻蛉哉
    -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶 1763-1828).
    Trans. Chris Drake.

    #jidaimatsuri #時代祭 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #autumn #festival #festivaloftheages #平安神宮 #heianjingu #okazaki

  2. Close to the Naka Shin-en's 'Garyū-kyō' (中神苑/臥龍橋) is a small rest-stop run by our friends at Chikiri-ya (六角ちきりや茶舗).
    An iced matcha float is absolutely the best way to sit out the midday sun.

    #平安神宮 #神苑 #抹茶 #matcha #HeianJingu #Kyoto #京都

  3. In 1968 Nakane Kinsaku (中根金作 1917-95) began work on a new garden, inspired by plants mentioned in a variety of Heian period works.
    After years of planning, 'Minami Shin-en' (南神苑), known also as 'Heian-no-en' (平安の苑), was landscaped and fully planted in 1981.

    #Kyoto #京都 #中根金作 #HeianJingu #平安の苑

  4. Heian Jingū's (平安神宮) sprawling 33060m2 'Shin-en' garden (神苑) is divided into 4 parts: Higashi (東神苑 - East), Naka (中神苑 - Middle), Nishi (西神苑 - West), and Minami (南神苑 - South).

    Beginning in 1895, it took Ogawa Jihei VII (小川治兵衛 1860-1933) 20 years to finish the first 3.

    #HeianJingu #小川治兵衛 #Kyoto

  5. After the shock of losing both the emperor and its status as capital in 1868, Kyōto embarked on a series of prestige projects to help revive trade, tourism and its damaged ego.

    Heian Jingū, the Lake Biwa Canal, the geisha dances and the Jidai Matsuri were all born at this time.

    #HeianJingu #平安神宮

  6. 10)
    Heian Jingū (平安神宮) enshrines Kyōto's first and last emperors, and replicates part of the original Heian Palace.
    Famed landscaper Ogawa Jihei (小川治兵衛) created 3 of the shrine's 4 sprawling gardens (which cover 33,000m2), blending Heian and Meiji period aesthetics.

    #Japan #Kyoto #HeianJingu #平安神宮

  7. a dragonfly
    dressed in a red
    festival robe
    御祭の赤い出立の蜻蛉哉
    -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶 1763-1828).
    Trans. Chris Drake.

    #jidaimatsuri #時代祭 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #autumn #festival #festivaloftheages #平安神宮 #heianjingu #okazaki

  8. After the shock of losing both the emperor and its status of capital in 1868, Kyōto embarked on a series of prestige projects to help revive trade, tourism and its damaged ego.
    Heian Jingū, the Lake Biwa Canal, the geisha dances and the Jidai Matsuri were all born at this time.

    #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #JidaiMatsuri #HeianJingu #MiyakoOdori #springdances #maiko #geisha

  9. Heian Jingū's (平安神宮) sprawling 33060m2 'Shin-en' garden (神苑) is divided into 4 parts: Higashi (東神苑-East), Naka (中神苑-Middle), Nishi (西神苑-West), & Minami (南神苑-South).
    Beginning in 1895, it took Ogawa Jihei VII (小川治兵衛 1860-1933) 20 years to finish the first 3.

    #Japan #Kyoto #京都 #HeianJingu #平安神宮

  10. After the shock of losing both the emperor and its status as capital in 1868, Kyōto embarked on a series of prestige projects to help revive trade, tourism and its damaged ego.
    Heian Jingū, the Lake Biwa Canal, the geisha dances and the Jidai Matsuri were all born at this time.

    #HeianJingu #平安神宮 #Japan #Kyoto #京都 #ayame #iris #菖蒲

  11. Taizō-in's (principal) weeping cherry acts like a giant pink parasol, reaching over the 'Inyō-no-niwa', its falling petals adding colour to the raked gravel.

    The shidare-zakura (枝垂れ桜) is grandson of a famous weeping cherry that grows at Heian-jingū (平安神宮).

    #Kyoto #京都 #cherryblossoms #sakura # #HeianJingu #平安神宮

  12. 🌸SAKURA SUCCESS🍀

    divine providence-
    throughout Japan gods
    guarding blossoms
    冥加あれや日本の花惣鎮守
    -Issa (小林一茶), 1795.
    Trans. David Lanoue.

    The rather shrewd Heian-jingū (平安神宮) capitalizes on cherry blossom season with 'sakura omikuji' (桜おみくじ), fortune slips in a shade of pink.

    Unrolling the sacred lots reveals 1 of 12(ish) general blessings, from best 'dai-kichi' (桜おみくじ great blessing) to the worst 'dai-kyō' (大凶 great curse).

    #おみくじ #Kyoto #omikuji #HeianJingu #平安神宮 #京都