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Sagano District
嵯峨野地区
 A1 £ JR Saga-
Arashiyama Stn, Sagano
line @ 28 or 91 to Daikaku-ji
Sagano’s varied sights are by
EXPERIENCE Kyoto City Start exploring at Torii Moto, The pond in the
turn pastoral and poignant.
where a vermilion shrine
gateway (torii) marks the
beginning of a trail leading
up to Mount Atago, abode of
the fire divinity. Two thatched
teahouses near the torii have
garden of Tenryu-ji,
been offering refreshment
to pilgrims for centuries. Arashiyama District
From the torii, head south to
Adashino Nenbutsu-ji. From to Japan in 987. Nison-in has Zen temple) retains the feel of
the Heian to Edo periods, standing images of Amida and a home. The garden is divid ed
Adashino was a remote place Shakamuni. The many maple into two levels. The upper,
where corpses were often trees on the temple’s grounds best viewed from the main
disposed of. Established to attract large numbers of building’s veranda, features
offer solace for the souls of visitors in the fall. Charming a broad expanse of packed
these forgotten dead, the Rakushi-sha (hut of the fallen sand bordered by clipped
temple gathered together persimmons) was the humble azalea bushes. The lower level,
their grave markers – rocks on home of haiku poet Mukai which also makes use of areas
which a likeness of the Buddha Kyorai (1651–1704). of sand to add light and space,
had been carved. The sight of Secluded Nichiren-sect offers a fine view of the villa’s
row after row of these stone temple Jojakko-ji is on Ogura- tile-and-thatch roof and
figures is strangely moving. yama mountain. A steep flight moon-viewing chamber.
To the south is Gio-ji, a tiny of stone steps leads to the
thatched nunnery. Known for temple from where there
the beauty of its fall foliage, are great views of Kyoto 30
the temple is bounded on one and Mount Hiei.
side by a magnificent stand of Arashiyama District
bamboo, while, to the front, 嵐山地区
slender maples rise from an  A1 £ Arashiyama Stn,
emerald carpet of moss. 29 "
In central Sagano, Jodo-sect Shisen-do Temple Hankyu line; Hankyu
Arashi yama Stn @ 11,
temple Seiryo-ji houses an 詩仙堂 28 or 93 to Arashiyama
image of the Shakamuni  E2 ⌂ 27 Monguchi-cho, Tenryu-ji-mae
Buddha reportedly brought
Ichijo-ji, Sakyo-ku § (075) Arashiyama has long held
781-2954 @ 5 or 8 to Ichijo-
ji Sagarimatsu-cho # 9am– a special place in the hearts
5pm daily of the Japanese. At its center
A samurai who had fallen out
of favor with the shogunate, GREAT VIEW
Ishikawa Jozan construct ed Bamboo Grove
this retirement villa below the Behind Tenryu-ji is
Higashiyama mountains in the fairy-tale-like
1641. A nearly perfect blend Arashiyama Bamboo
of building and garden, the Grove, with its towering
hermitage (now a Soto-sect stalks. Visit during the
Arashiyama Hanatoro
in December, when the
forest is bathed in an
Standing among the tall other worldly green
bamboo trees of Adashino light every evening.
Nenbutsu-ji, Sagano District

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