West Course　-Enjoy the beautiful scenery and good walking-

[Course Plan]

Start: KRP

30min. by taxi

Lunch at Bokuseki

5min. walk

Adashino-Nenbutsuji temple : fee 500 yen

Thorough bamboo street 60min. walk

Tenryuji temple : fee 500yen　　　

5 min. walk

Togetsu-bridge

20min. by taxi

Back to KRP

[Cost]
About 3,000yen

Lunch: 1800yen+ tax

Nenbutsuji Temple: 500yen

Tenryuji Temple: 500yen

[Details]

Lunch place: Bokuseki

TEL: 075-862-2110

Open: 10:30〜17:00(Close : Thursday)

Kyo-Yuba lunch set(vegetarian menu） ---\1,800

*Please check the Kitayama-plan for information about Yuba.

Adashino-Nenbutsuji Temple

The priest Kukai (Kobo Daishi, 774-835) built this temple for the interment of unclaimed deceased. It received its present name several hundred years later, after the priest Honen turned it into a training temple. The main hall was rebuilt in 1712. Eight thousand stone Buddhas and stone mounds are enshrined within the grounds. These are the now nameless gravestones of (usually higher-class) people who died in the Adashino area, from the Heian to Edo periods. Each year on August 23 and 24, thousands of candles are offered to the stone Buddhas in a profound memorial service (sento-kuyo) for the deceased. The temple is part of the Jodo sect. (Reservations are necessary during sento-kuyo: limited to 2,000 people per day.) Constructed during the Heian period (794-1183).

Tenryuji Temple(World Heritage)

Main temple of the Rinzai sect, Tenryuji School. Opened in 1339. At the time, this was the greatest of five main temples in Kyoto. Visited repeatedly by fire, little of the temple's grandeur at the time of foundation remains today. All of the present structures are late-19th or early-20th century. The abbot's quarters contain a statue (Important Cultural Property) of the Buddha who founded the faith, dating from the Heian period (794-1185). There is also an image of Nikko Hensho Bodhisattva (All-Illuminating Sunlight). The garden retains its original design. It is a Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty, that makes use of the scenery of Arashiyama and Kameyama (mountains). Registered as part of the World Cultural Heritage in December 1994.

Togetsukyo Bridge

The symbol of Arashiyama is the "bridge that leads to the moon", the famed wooden Togetsu Bridge spanning the Katsura River. The river itself is the site of two wonderful festivals, both harking back to the days when the Imperial family visited. Mifune Matsuri, held on the third Sunday in May, recreates spectacular scenes of these visits with a boat festival replete with participants in Heian period costumes. Momiji Matsuri on the second Sunday in November is a celebration of the blazing autumnal tints for which Arashiyama is famous. This festival brings to life the Heian times when the Emperor and his court visited Arashiyama to enjoy the Momiji (maple) leaves. Beautifully-decorated boats float along the river; on them, participants clad in ancient costumes perform music, dances, poetry readings, and Noh drama, recalling similar times several centuries ago.