Kinkakuji’s golden phoenix
鹿苑寺金閣屋上の鳳凰像
A close up shot of the golden phoenix on the top of Kinkakuji in Kyoto…
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Ryozen Kannon (Giant White Buddha in Kyoto)
This Bodhisattva may not look that large without someone standing next to it, but it is huge. The Ryozen Kannon is set in the eastern hills of Kyoto and weighs over 500 tons. It is over 80 feet tall. This war memorial was completed in 1955. Soil samples from wherever soldiers in WWII were killed are housed inside the memorial.
Maiko or tourist?
This probably isn’t a real geisha. I saw her on the streets of Kyoto and asked to take her picture. She was likely a tourist who paid to get dressed and made up like a geisha (or more correctly a geiko or maiko since Kyoto has a different term than that commonly used outside of Japan). I should have asked her, but I felt that may be a bit rude.
Kongōrikishi
This is yesterday’s little buddy. My camera didn’t have a wide angle lens which is why you don’t get quite the full picture in either image. They were housed in the Niōmon (仁王門), each in a separate box that looks more like a giant, wooden cage. I stuck my camera through the “cage” to take the pictures.
I took the pictures from six feet off the groud. They must have been a couple feet off the ground and about 8-10 feet tall from head to toe.
Nio
Kongorikishi, or Nio, are a pair of demon-looking protectors found at the entrance to many Buddhist temples in Japan. The one pictured here can be found at Seiryo-ji Temple (Shaka-do) in the Sagano area of Kyoto. I’ll show you his partner in protection tomorrow.
Net Castle
Today’s photograph is of the net castle in Hakone Open-Air Museum mentioned in yesterday’s blog entry.