{"id":2586,"date":"2022-11-19T20:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T11:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2022-11-19T20:01:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T11:01:37","slug":"todays-kyoto-chishakuin-temple-%e6%99%ba%e7%a9%8d%e9%99%a2%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/?p=2586","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Kyoto (Fall 2022), Chishakuin Temple (\u667a\u7a4d\u9662\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Chishakuin is the headquarters of the approximately 3,000 temples nationwide belonging to the Chisan School of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. During the Edo period, it flourished as a center for Buddhist studies and training, receiving over 500 monks, not only from the Shingon Sect but from other sects also.At present, it serves as a training center for Chisan Shingon monks, and additionally as a place for members of the public to hold memorial services for their ancestors, pray for wishes to be answered, and study Buddhism.&#8221;\u3000(Excerpt from Panphlet of Chishakuin Temple)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHAT&#8217;S SO SPECIAL ABOUT &#8220;CHISHAKUIN TEMPLE?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ce\u3000Garden <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ce\u3000Maple trees in Fall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ce\u3000Not as crowded as other major famous temples<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221119_131555-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2587\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Small path to the temple next to the main entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221119_131916-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2588\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A path to the garden\/Ticket booth is sitting on the right \/300 yen per Adult <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221119_132716-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2589\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It&#8217;s really nice to just sit on the porch and look over the yard for awhile to clear your mind<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221119_133857-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2590\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221119_134621-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2591\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221119_134215-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2592\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was my first visit to this temple and I really enjoyed the autumn leaves, garden and being in less crowded atmosphere. Highly recommended for those who want to experience it&#8217;s &#8220;specials&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Chishakuin is the headquarters of the approximately 3,000 temples nationwide belonging to the Chisan School of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. During the Edo period, it flourished as a center for Buddhist studies and training, receiving over 500 monks, not only from the Shingon Sect but from other sects also.At present, it serves as a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/?p=2586\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Today&#8217;s Kyoto (Fall 2022), Chishakuin Temple (\u667a\u7a4d\u9662\uff09&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}