【Japan Trip Vlog】Exploring Kyoto, Toji

🌟 "To-ji Temple" - Home to Japan's Tallest Five-storied Pagoda 🌟
Photography was not allowed inside the Kondo and Lecture Hall, so please make sure to visit and see for yourself. The kids were completely amazed.
💻 To-ji Temple Official Website
toji.or.jp/
Even just browsing the website lets you glimpse its magnificence…🌸
■ Location: Kujocho, Minami Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
■ Access: About 15 minutes by city bus or on foot from Kyoto Station
■ Size: Approximately 230,000 m² (about 4.9 Tokyo Domes!!)
■ Sect: Head temple of the Shingon sect, To-ji branch
■ Founded: 796 AD (15th year of the Enryaku era)
■ Main Structures:
🔵 Five-storied Pagoda (National Treasure)
🔵 Golden Hall (Kondo) (National Treasure)
🔵 Lecture Hall
🔵 Kobo Daishi Kukai Statue enshrined in the Kobo Hall
■ Important Cultural Properties: Many structures designated as National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties, including statues and murals
■ Features:
① Japan's tallest five-storied pagoda (55 meters high)
② Kobo Market (famous monthly antique market held on the 21st)
■ Historical Background:
① Founded by Kukai (Kobo Daishi) after his return from China, becoming a center for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism
② Deeply connected with many historical events since the Heian period
❓ What is Shingon Buddhism? ❓
One of the major Buddhist sects in Japan, founded in the early 9th century by Kukai (Kobo Daishi)
Based on Esoteric Buddhism (Tantric Buddhism) transmitted through India and China to Japan
Its doctrines and practices are kept secret, only taught to successors
Emphasizes meditation and training using Mandalas (symbolic diagrams of the universe and Buddhist realms)
Aims for enlightenment through rigorous practice
Cafe managed by a photographer:
☕ It's Portrait Cafe
※No website for the cafe
📸 It's Portrait Studio
its-portrait.j...
🥟 Gyoza no Ohsho
www.ohsho.co.jp/