Autumn School on Chemoinformatics in Tokyo, 2011

Momijigari in Kyoto - Nanzen-ji Temple

18 November 2011

From Wikipedia: Momijigari, from the Japanese momiji, "red leaves" or "maple tree" and kari, "hunting", is the Japanese tradition of going to visit scenic areas where leaves have turned red in the autumn.

From Wikipedia: Nanzen-ji is one of the big Zen temples in Kyoto. The temple once was the highest ranked Zen temple in Japan and is also famous for its garden. The temple dates back to year 1264. Main buildings were lost by fire and rebuilt in 1393 and 1447. In the year 1467, again all of the buildings were reduced to ashes by fires of war and they have been rebuilt 1605. See also.

Steep stairs guide to the verandah of the San-mon gate, the main gate of Nanzen-ji.

A san-mon is the most important gate of a Japanese Zen Buddhist temple

Thanks to Etsuko and J.B. Brown for providing this picture

In front of the aqueduct for the Lake Biwa Canal. This waterway was built during the Meiji Period to transport water, freight, and passengers from Lake Biwa to the nearby City of Kyoto. Nowadays it is used for water supply, fire-fighting and irrigation purposes.

Version 111213, Kurt Varmuza, Vienna, Austria (C)