North Course　-Two World Heritage-

Excursion staffs: TBA

[Course Plan]

Start: KRP

30min. by taxi

Lunch at Chikurin-no-sato

5min. walk

Ryoanji temple fee 500 yen

Kinukasa-street 40min. walk

Rokuonji temple (Kinkakuji) fee 400yen 　　　　

20min. by taxi

Back to: KRP

[Cost]
About 3, 500yen

Lunch: 2500yen+ tax

Ryoanji Temple: 500yen

Kinkakuji Temple: 400yen

[Details]

Lunch place: Chikurin-no-sato

TEL (075) 465 - 2780

Open 10：30〜17：30（Tuesday 10：30〜15：30）

Yuba dish…. 2500yen (Yuba roll + Yuba Sashimi + Tofu + Rice + Pickles + Soup. Vegetarian menu)

What is Yuba?

Yuba, like tofu, is a food whose flavor is determined by the soybeans, the water, and the technique of the producer. The process for making yuba is identical to that for tofu from the boiling of the soybeans to the production of soy milk. After that, the soy milk is heated and the thin film that forms on the top is removed using thin rods made of bamboo. This thin film is called nama-yuba, or fresh yuba. Approximately 70 to 80 percent of all the yuba produced in Japan comes from Kyoto. The three key aspects of good yuba are said to be the color, luster, and taste, and the key to all three is, of course, the water used. To preserve the texture and flavor that have been prized since ancient times, well water of consistent quality and temperature are used. Some producers have switched to tap water, but it is said that even they use well water for the critical steps of washing and soaking the soybeans. It is no exaggeration that excellent water is essential to the production of the best yuba. Let's try Yuba!!

Ryoanji temple

Origin: The Temple was founded in 1450 under the patronage of Hosokawa Katsumoto, a top-ranking war load, who was offered the premises by the Tokudaiji family.

Features: The Temple is well-known for its rock garden, surrounded by earthen walls in three directions and faced with the corridor of the Hojo building. In the rectangular space measuring 30 m from east to west and 10 m from north to south, 15 rocks of various sizes are arranged on white sand in five groups, each comprising five, two, three, two, and three rocks. The most popular explanation of this garden is that the rocks represent a mother tiger and her cubs, swimming in the river of the white sand toward a fearful dragon.

Rokuonji temple (Kinkaku)

Origin: Originally a villa of the Saionji family on the hills of Kitayama, but offered to the third Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate, Yoshimitsu Ashikaga in 1397. After his death, the villa was converted into Rokuonji Temple.

Features: The Temple is known as an epitome of Kitayama Culture. The Golden Pavilion, a gilded three-storied reliquary hall, is situated at the margin of a large pond named Kyokochi Pond. It is typical architecture of the Muromachi Period (1333 - 1573) .