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[eelssej_]

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@gwyn: thanks a lot...

diba iyang bowl naa raman sa ubos nya... hehehe... at first naglakaw na sya.. niagi sa akong tungod... kabuang ko ug ready sa camera... naa ko shots naglakaw sya pero la sya na focus... hehehe.. sorry... amateur pa ko... then pagpadayon namo ug lakaw-lakaw, nakit-an namo sya nag-tindog lang... hehehe...

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Heian Shrine of Easter Kyoto
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Heian Shrine was built relatively recently in 1895 on the occasion of the 1,100th anniversary of the Heian Capital foundation. It is dedicated to the first and last emperors that reigned from Kyoto, Emperor Kammu and Emperor Komei.

[eelssej_]

I forgot the name where I took this pictures.

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Daghan ni sya ug stones... every stone lives one spirit...

A monk stone
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[samokan]

nice pics ::thumbups::

were you not able to go to ryoanji temple? kadtong naa ang rock garden? tapad ra man na sa kinkakuji

[eelssej_]

@samokan: wala mi kaadto sa ryoanji temple... daghana diay temples sa kyoto... 2 days ra man gud among alloted no. of days for temples.. maong gamay lang among naadtoan...

[Gwynhuever]

eelsseej...ang ryoanji bro lahi sad iyang beauty.....rock garden man na siya...world famous for it's Zen simplicity....mag upload ko ug picture and post later.....

[samokan]

oo pwerteng daghana gyud na ang temple sa kyoto, makaya man siya og 1-2 days, basta wala lang traffic, bus man gud ang main transpo, so traffic kaau kung holiday, mas maau pa mag hike..
ako sab wa pa na nako nahurot og suroy nganha,

ang yasaka shrine kay nindot sab, naa ra sa gion nga area, maau ni nga temple kay wala entrance fee den lakaw gamay kay ang heian shrine na, or ang kyomizu [br]Date Posted: May 08, 2006, 08:41:31 AM_________________________________________________

eelsseej...ang ryoanji bro lahi sad iyang beauty.....rock garden man na siya...world famous for it's Zen simplicity....mag upload ko ug picture and post later.....

bitaw , very simple gyud , na curious gyud ko so mao gyud ang among gi-una og adto last time i visited kyoto, malingaw ra ka og tan-aw sa rock garden, somehow it feels so peaceful just looking at the rocks

[Gwynhuever]

@samokan...sis lingawa nimo sa imo bakasyon da....

ako sis medyo suweto sa kyoto kay kada naa bisita mo balik man ko dinha para isuroy sila....kiyomizu sis ang duol sa yasaka....naa pa ang Nijo Castle ...where the shogun lived before....with "nightingale floor"....so called kay inig lakaw nimo mag agit-it ang floor boards morag nightingale kay ang shogun sa una paranoid man kaayo...so ang assassins masakpan kay mo kanta man ang floor boards inig lakaw nimo.....he he he

[samokan]

bitaw kinadul-an ang kyomizu from yasaka, pero malakaw ra sab ang heian shrine og kadtong gali dako kaau nga gate? gilakaw ra na namo kadtong kauban namo ang manager nga hapon, taga kyoto man suweto kaau ..

pero usually, arashiyama ko maglaag kay malingaw ko sa river og sa bukid, kadtong famous gali nga lover's bridge ba gwyn hehehe...

[Gwynhuever]

dia ra ang picture sa ryoanji rock garden.....only 15 rocks and white gravel can be seen sa garden...it is upto each visitor to find out for himself what this unique garden signifies....also ang second picture sa ryoanji gihapon ni nako gi take....it is a wash basin made of stone....ang inscription means "i learn only to be contented"....important man ni nga concept sa Zen philosophy....



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[Gwynhuever]

@samokan and eelsseej....naa ko favor i-ask be....can you please ask your japanese friends what the kanji characters on the picture mean? i took that shot at ryoanji temple....but wa na ko kalugar ask sa meaning ...

the 2nd picture is of Kiyomizudera.....

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