Reikan-ji — Attraction in Kyoto

I visited the Reikan-Ji for today's purpose Camellia, but their best condition had already passed, the heyday of Camellia had been gone, it made me down. In addition, Fallen Camellia were scattered on the moss so artificially, it also disappointed me. If I had come about two weeks earlier, the result would have been different. Reikan-ji Temple is located in the eastern direction when viewed from the Kyoto Imperial Palace, so it is in the direction of Rabbits in the 12 Zodiac Signs. Lucking up on the wall above the door of the upper warehouse, there were cute Rabbit Decorations. Furthermore, there was a small place of worship on the 10 m left side of the entrance of Reikanji, and when I looked inside, it had a Rabbit peeping inside hidden from square hole. In order to visit there, once you should get out on the road, then you will find out the entrance, relatively difficult to find it out by one glance. Without my information, you will easily miss it and pass away. In spite of sweat effort to come up to Reikanji, most of the visitors return without noticing this Rabbits decorations because they have not been introduced in the...

Beautiful temple! Convenient location just a short walk from the bus stop (Bus 100). Really small, but plenty of garden and nature to walk about in. Made it for their limited camellia (tsubaki) display. There were many camellia species, including a rare black camellia tree, as introduced by the temple staff. Some of them do speak a bit of English, but Japanese gets you a little deeper conversation.

Overall, a really beautiful and quiet place a short walk away from the Philosopher's Walk (Tetsugaku no Michi) and part of the cluster of famous temples in the area. Definitely worth...

Riotous camellia explosions flushing reverent humans with the pleasure of inner and outer beauty. There’s extreme delight in the cultivation of concentrated natural eruptions of form and colour. The temporality of their blossoming is merely a practical matter and tribute to spring arrival, the cyclicality of their comings and going a universal spiritual lesson, the profound vibrancy of their spectral expressions inviting wordless...