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Zuishinin
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小野御霊町-35 山科区
京都市, 京都府
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It is said that a long time ago, the very beautiful beauty's Ono queen lived in this temple.
随心院 The Zuishin-in temple [1 min on foot] Founded A.D911 Main hall is available between 9:00-16:30 You can enjoy this ancient temple as a real neighbor. A morning walk around this temple can give you sacred moment in your busy sight seeing days. In the beginning of the 10th century, The legendary master monk Ningai-sojo the "Rain caller" was given the land of here as a reward of his rain calling to solve the drought of this region and founded a temple as Gyuhizan-mandaraji(the Temple of Mandara on cow hide) .This is the origin of the Zuishin-in. So There is the shrine dedicated to Rain dragon deity (Seiryu-gongen) behind the main hall. This ancient temple is not so famous among foreign tourist yet but it's well known among Japanese tourists for well preserved architecture, nationally designated important cultural treasures and beautiful garden filled with plum trees. On the other side, a Legend says that before this place became a temple, the most beautiful female poet "the lady Komachi"( the 9th century) settled down here and spent her life time to the end. Because of this legend, Now This temple is also known as a holy place for poets. Behind the temple, You can find "the tomb of love letters" that she got. Let's feel sympathy for the men whom the Lady had dumped. Additionally Zuishin-in temple is well known among visual directing people who work for movie and TV. Many japanese TV series and Movies that features history and samurai were shot at this location. Even BBC docudrama "Heroes and Villains" 6th episode "Shogun" featured this temple at important shootings. Annual highlight of this temple is "Hanezu festival" on the last Sunday of the March. You can enjoy the lovely spring day with full bloomed plum trees and the traditional dance performance called "Hanezu-odori" by the young girls in the beautiful Kimono features the colour of plum flower. Of course, Even in the autumn,this place is very attractive and picturistique because of the garden that features trees turned to red and brown.
随心院 The Zuishin-in temple [1 min on foot] Founded A.D911 Main hall is available between 9:00-16:30 You can enjoy this ancient temple as a real neighbor. A morning walk around this temple can give you sacred moment in your busy sight seeing days. In the beginning of the 10th century, The legendar…