{"id":24001,"date":"2019-03-12T12:26:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T12:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/?p=24001"},"modified":"2019-03-26T11:22:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T11:22:13","slug":"tenryuji-zen-buddhist-temple-in-arashimaya-kyoto-top-13-things-you-need-to-know-before-you-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/tenryuji-zen-buddhist-temple-in-arashimaya-kyoto-top-13-things-you-need-to-know-before-you-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto &#8211; Top 13 things you need to know before you visit."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another great location to see the red maple leaves in autumn and cherry blossom in spring is Tenryuji Temple at Arashimaya, Kyoto Japan. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. This place gets super crowded during autumn and spring every year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24002 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_093842-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_093842-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_093842-1-585x780.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>1. Entrance Fees<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>There is an entrance fee &#8211; Adult at 500yen (USD4.50) &amp; Child at 300yen (USD2.70)<\/li>\n<li>Opening Hours 8.30 am to 5.30 pm during summer<\/li>\n<li>Opening Hours 8.30 am to 5.00 pm during winter<\/li>\n<li>No food and drink is allowed in the garden<\/li>\n<li>No pet<\/li>\n<li>No Drone<\/li>\n<li>No smoking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24004 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_102839.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_102839.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_102839-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>2. Two Entrance<\/h3>\n<p>There are two entrance to Tenryuji Temple, one at the main road and another at the back which will link you to <a href=\"\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/the-overrrated-arashimaya-bamboo-forest-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-scene\/\">Arashimaya Bamboo Forest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24035 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_111157.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_111157.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_111157-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>3. Heavenly Dragon Temple \u5929\u9f8d\u5bfa<\/h3>\n<p>Tenryuji Temple in Japanese means &#8220;Heavenly Dragon Temple&#8221; and it ranked number one out of the Five Great Zen Temples in Kyoto. A must visit if you are in Kyoto Arashimaya for the Bamboo Forest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24032 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110656.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110656-585x780.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Find Dresses from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ever-pretty.com\/us\/the-wedding-shop\/bridesmaids-dresses\/purple.html\">ever-pretty.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>4. Head Temple of Rinzai Zen Buddhism \u81e8\u6e08\u5b97<\/h3>\n<p>Tenryuji Temple serves as the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. The first chief priest of Tenryuji Temple was Muso Soseki \u5922\u7a93 \u758e\u77f3 who was the monk teacher, a famous calligraphist, poets, and garden designer.\u00a0 (1275 &#8211; 1351)<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24005 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_103201.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_103201.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_103201-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Cotton Rose<\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24008 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_103420.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_103420.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_103420-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24011 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_103702.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_103702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_103702-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>5. Sogen Pond Garden &#8211; Highlight<\/h3>\n<p>This is the most iconic spot to shoot photos as you get the best backdrop ever. It allows visitors to appreciate the scenery from a variety of perspectives.\u00a0 You can stand hours looking a the leaves, pond, water, rocks and the reflections.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24013 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_103741.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_103741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_103741-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>6. &#8220;Borrowed Scenery&#8221;(shakkei\/\u501f\u666f)<\/h3>\n<p>If you look closely the garden actually &#8220;borrowed scenery&#8221; (shakkei\/\u501f\u666f) from the nearby mountains and used to give the garden a sense of added depth.\u00a0 Shakkei is the principle of &#8220;incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden&#8221; found in traditional East Asian garden design, origin from China.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24025 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110254.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110254.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110254-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>I was here in the early autumn, many of the leaves have not turned red yet.\u00a0 You should also look at the reflection from the pond.<\/p>\n<h3>7. Burned Down 8 Times<\/h3>\n<p>The temple was burned down 8 times due to fires but the garden still remains the original form since its creation (created by the chief monk &#8211; Muso Soseki who is also a famous poet in Japan).\u00a0 The garden is the highlight of Tenryuji Temple.<\/p>\n<h3>8. Muso Soseki&#8217;s Poem<\/h3>\n<p>This is one of the best poem written by Muso Soseki depicting his thoughts on a Zen garden.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;When a garden is used as a place to pause for thought, that is when a Zen garden comes to life. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>When you contemplate a garden like this it will form a lasting impression on your heart.&#8221; &#8211; Muso Soseki<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24023 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110019.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110019-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>9. Viewing Veranda<\/h3>\n<p>The traditional dry landscape of the Zen garden consists of a few elements; rocks and racked gravel. There are contained in a geometric area with a raised veranda that allows viewing the garden from different angles. You can sit and look and meditate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24024 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110202.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110202.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110202-585x285.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>10. &#8220;Samon&#8221; \u7802\u7d0b- The Waves<\/h3>\n<p>Gravel is usually used in the zen garden, usually in a pattern recalling waves or rippling water, known as &#8220;samon&#8221;(\u7802\u7d0b). Zen priests practice this raking to help their concentration as achieving perfection of lines is not easy.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t believe, try it yourself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24027 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110433.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110433.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110433-585x445.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Find dresses from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ever-pretty.com\/us\/the-wedding-shop\/bridesmaids-dresses.html\">ever-pretty.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>11. &#8220;Karesansui&#8221;\u67af\u5c71\u6c34 means &#8220;Dry Landscape&#8221; in Zen Ideology<\/h3>\n<p>The monk gardener places rocks in a bed of gravel in strategic locations to symbolize islands and mountains and rake the gravel to suggest flowing water to create &#8220;karesansui&#8221; or the dry landscape.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24028\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110512-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>12. Treasures inside the temple<\/h3>\n<p>The temple has few important cultural properties which may interest you to check them out. There are few portraits of Muso Soseki, (the teacher of the monk who designed the garden), the wooden carving of Gautama Buddha and some painting of the Guanyin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24033 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110719.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_110719-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>13. Old Wall of Tenryuji<\/h3>\n<p>Do not forget to take a look at the old wall on the way out of Tenryuji Temple.\u00a0 It recycles the old Japanese roofing tiles and used them at the wall.\u00a0 It is a beautiful work of art.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24034 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_111139.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_111139.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_111139-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>Outside the temple, you can see people in kimono, rickshaw and shops and cafe.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24036 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_111211.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_111211.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_111211-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Japanese lady in <a href=\"\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/kimono-rental-review-what-you-need-to-know-about-kimono\/\">kimono<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24037 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_112733.jpg\" alt=\"Tenryuji Zen Buddhist Temple in Arashimaya Kyoto - Top 13 things you need to know before you visit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_112733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_112733-585x606.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Nearby Shrine: Matsunoo-taisha<\/h3>\n<p>The Matsunoo- Taisha Shrine is only about slightly over 1 km away from the Arashiyama city.\u00a0 It is also one of the oldest shrines in Kyoto and enshrines the deity of water and the water is really good for sake-brewing. It also has the most beautiful garden with water and rocks. Don&#8217;t miss out this place if you are in Arashimaya.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24089\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_113706.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_113706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181102_113706-585x440.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Final thoughts:<\/h3>\n<p>Tenryuji Temple is a must visit if you are in Arashimaya Kyoto, you can do it together with the <a href=\"\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/the-overrrated-arashimaya-bamboo-forest-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-scene\/\">Bamboo Forest<\/a> as it is only located behind the temple.\u00a0 The buildings in Tenryuji Temple were burned down 8 times but the iconic zen garden landscape still remains the original and was built by Muso Soseki, the monk who is also a famous poet in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This is a sponsored post by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ever-pretty.com\/us\/the-wedding-shop\/bridesmaids-dresses\/purple.html\">ever-pretty.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21908 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EP07345-Black-Friday-1-750_\u526f\u672c-150x300.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.ever-pretty.com\/us\/dresses\/evening-dresses.html?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=1044\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EP07345-Black-Friday-1-750_\u526f\u672c-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EP07345-Black-Friday-1-750_\u526f\u672c.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another great location to see the red maple leaves in autumn and cherry blossom in spring is Tenryuji Temple at Arashimaya, Kyoto Japan. 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