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17 " 18 National Museum of
Modern Art
Shoren-in Temple Okazaki Area " ⌂ 26-1 Okazaki Enshoji-
青蓮院 岡崎公園一帯 cho, Sakyo-ku § (075) 761-
4111 # 9:30am–5pm Tue–
 D4 ⌂ 69-1 Awataguchi  D3 @ 5 or 100 to Kyoto Thu & Sun; 9:30am–8pm Fri
Sanjobocho, Higashiyama- Kaikan Bijutsukan-mae
ku  Higashiyama Stn, & Sat (to 9pm Jul–Oct)
Tozai line @ 5, 46, 100 to Okazaki is home to museums, Kyoto Municipal
galleries, sports grounds, the
EXPERIENCE Kyoto City openings) ∑ shorenin.com and newest shrines. Built in cho, Sakyo-ku § (075) 771-
Jingu-michi # 9am–5pm
Museum of Art
municipal zoo, and Heian-
daily (see website for late
Jingu, one of Kyoto’s largest
" ⌂ 124 Okazaki Enshoji-
This aristocratic temple’s
1895, the shrine was intended
4107 # 9am–5pm Tue–Sun
to help boost the city’s morale
symbol is its ancient camphor
International Exhibition
trees whose 800-year-old
and economy – both of which
Hall (Miyako Messe)
were at a low ebb after Tokyo
gnarled limbs spread majes-
tically on either side of the
front gate. Shoren-in grounds
Sakyo-ku § (075) 762-2630
With its vermilion pillars and
green tiles, the shrine harks
are beautifully landscaped, was made capital in 1868. ⌂ 9-1 Okazaki Enshoji-cho,
# 7am–10:30pm daily
with a bright pond garden back to Tang Dynasty China.
on one side and a mysterious, Its pond gar den is famous for
camphor-tree-shaded expanse irises and a Chinese-style
of moss on the other. The covered bridge.
teahouse in the garden has The National Museum of
been rebuilt, the original Modern Art houses a superb
having been burned in April collection of paintings by a
1993 by left-wing radicals school of Kyoto artists active
protesting the Emperor’s during the Meiji and Taisho
visit to Okinawa. eras. Across the street is the
venerable Kyoto Municipal
Shoren-in’s grounds Museum of Art, which hosts
are landscaped, with exhibitions of European and
American works. The Kyoto
a bright pond garden International Exhibition Hall
on one side and a (Miyako Messe), hosts a variety
mysterious, camphor- of shows, while its basement
tree-shaded expanse museum presents scores Admiring works in
the National Museum
of Kyoto crafts, including
of moss on the other. Kiyomizu-yaki porcelain. of Modern Art

The beautiful gardens
of Shoren-in Temple as
seen from the teahouse
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