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  1. In June this year two more Pokémon manhole covers appeared in Uji, the home of matcha in Japan.
    Both are within easy walking distance of the Keihan Uji Station (and not particularly far from the JR Uji Station).

    #Uji #宇治 #Byodoin #平等院 #matcha #抹茶 #Ujigamijinja #宇治上神社

  2. After Michinaga passed away in 1027 the 'Uji Palace' (宇治殿) came into possession of his son Yorimichi (藤原頼通 992–1074).

    When Yorimichi turned 60 years old he was inspired to transform the sprawling site into a temple, and made the priest Myōson (明尊 971-1063) first abbot.

    #Byodoin #平等院 #Uji #宇治 #Kyoto

  3. Likely beginning as a summer retreat for Minamoto-no-Tōru (源融 822-95), the man who possibly inspired Murasaki Shikibu's "Hikaru Genji", the property passed through the hands of Emperor Uda, Minamoto-no-Shigenobu (源重信 - Uda's grandson), and on to the powerful Regent Fujiwara-no-Michinaga.

    #Uji #宇治 #Byodoin #Kyoto

  4. ✨😇A SLICE OF PARADISE🪷🎶

    Byōdō-in's (平等院) Hōō-dō (鳳凰堂 'Phoenix Hall') was completed in 1053.

    Once completely surrounded by Aji-ga-ike pond, the stretch of water helped protect the building from fires in 1336 and 1483 that completely destroyed the rest of the temple.

    #Uji #宇治 #Japan #Kyoto #平等院 #Byodoin

  5. In June this year two more Pokémon manhole covers appeared in Uji, the home of matcha in Japan.
    Both are within easy walking distance of the Keihan Uji Station (and not particularly far from the JR Uji Station).

    #Uji #宇治 #Byodoin #平等院 #matcha #抹茶 #Ujigamijinja #宇治上神社

  6. For a long time it was believed that crape myrtles had been imported to Japan from the mainland some time in the Edo period, but recently pollen was discovered in the pond bed at Byōdō-in (平等院) that confirmed trees were growing here before the temple (completed in 1052)!😮

    #Byodoin #平等院 #Japan #Kyoto #Uji #宇治

  7. Nao-san visited Byōdō-in especially for the wisteria, but there were some other photogenic beauties under the parasol of purple flowers...
    ...Coco and Ren.

    The old dachshund and shiba-inu brothers are sadly no longer with us😭
    🐕

    #Japan #Byodoin #平等院 #Uji #宇治 #Kyoto #wisteria #京都

  8. 💜🙏WISTERIA🐕💜

    in falling blossoms
    growling to Amida Buddha...
    temple dog
    花ちるや称名うなる寺の犬
    -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1810.
    Trans. David Lanoue.

    There's been a trellis at Byōdō-in (平等院) for more than 250 years, supporting a huge wisteria (surely one of the city's most photographed).

    #Kyoto #京都 #宇治 #Uji #Byodoin #平等院 #Japan #wisteria #

  9. ✨😇A SLICE OF PARADISE🪷🎶

    Byōdō-in's (平等院) Hōō-dō (鳳凰堂 'Phoenix Hall') was completed in 1053. Once completely surrounded by Aji-ga-ike pond, the stretch of water helped protect the building from fires in 1336 and 1483 that completely destroyed the rest of the temple.

    #Kyoto #京都 #Byodoin #平等院 #Hoodo #鳳凰堂 #Uji #宇治 #matcha #抹茶