Ninna ji temple(Kyoto) - Kodaman’s J-TRIP

May 1, 2008 - 4:09 pm by kodaman in Travel  

Nina ji temple(仁和寺） is located in near Arashiyama area. This temple was first established in A.D 888.

When ” Onin no ran”（Onin War) was occured, this temple was fully burned.

This was, then, re-established in 1634 by Shogun “Iemitsu Tokunaga.” Ninna ji temple registered with

world heritage in 1994 as one of the historic monuments of ancient Kyoto [...]

Rokuon ji temple (Kyoto) “Kodaman’s J-TRIP”

February 29, 2008 - 10:59 pm by kodaman in Others  

Rokuon ji temple is well known as Kinkaku ji temple(Golden pavilion).

When people come to Kyoto, most of tours includes visiting both Ginkaku ji and Kinkaku ji.

This temple is located in north western area of Kyoto and a little bit far from Kyoto station.

People need 30min for looking aroung in Kinkaku ji.

Kinkaku ji was constructed in [...]

Jisho ji temple (Kyoto)-Ginkaku ji- “Kodaman’s J-TRIP”

- 10:14 pm by kodaman in Others  

When people hear “Jisho ji temple”(慈照寺）, many of Japanese don’t know it. It’s because this temple is called ” Ginkaku ji temple. “Ginkaku” means “Silver pavilion”. Now Jisho-ji is a temple but it was actually villa constructed in 1482. The styles of each floor are different. 1st floor is a [...]

Himeji Castle / World Heritage

August 21, 2007 - 9:53 pm by izumi in Culture, Others, Travel  

I visited Himeji Castle yesterday, which is famous for being World Heritage. Since I’ve been to Himeji town dozens of times, I used to think Himeji Castle was always there to visit, but actually today was the very first I’ve ever seen it!

Now let me explain general information about Himeji Castle.

The present Himeji Castle is constructed by Terumasa Ikeda, [...]