Nanzen-ji Temple

The three gates are not a separate attraction 😂 The view and mood are very wide. If time allows, you can find a corner in a daze. If you are walking around and watching the flowers, it is not worth spending tickets.

That is my favorite Buddhist temple in Kyoto. It situated in the Higashiyama ku which has another temples near there like Ginkaku ji. I like the main temple and the arches near there, also you can enter to Japanese garden with stones and trees which also really deserves to see to have the real spirit of Japanese temples. love it!

The sun in the afternoon in Kyoto on May 3 was so good. We ate a belly of carbs, cakes, and Udon. We couldn't support it, so we went to Nanchan Temple. No one. Every courtyard and every cockroach can be booked. When we are greedy, we will leave a few more and spend a lot of ticket money. I counted the money in the bag and said that Nanchan did not have four hundred and eighty temples. Friends: "It is four hundred and eighty temples in the south. "Your joke is too cold to go to the sun." It is to visit the attractions, in fact, every yard rain and dew is wet to sit on the ground, find a place to sunbathe. In the evening we moved to the corridor of the Golden Land Courtyard, behind the spring mountain, shining with the sun, and shaking our eyes. The bread, cake, and udon in our stomachs were now transformed into sleepiness. I was sleepy on the railing, my friend went too far, she had become an orange cat in the hallway.

Cherry blossom season or red leaf season is better. Nanchan Temple is located in Dongshan, the base of Kyoto Zen Buddhism, and its position is higher than Kyoto Wushan. The terrain is open, and its three gates are known as the most beautiful in Kyoto. In addition, there is a Western-style brick and stone waterway pavilion built during the Meiji period in the deep of the Zen Temple. The three pavilions charged only go into the South Zen Temple, which is quiet and mysterious.

Nanchan Temple is located in Dongshan District, with convenient transportation but few tourists. It has the beauty of quiet in bustle. The three gates of Nanchan Temple are known as one of the most beautiful ones in Kyoto. Like many Zen monasteries, cherry trees are appreciated in spring and red leaves are brilliant in autumn. They are also known as hidden treasures because they have fewer tourists. There is a landscape in Nanchan Monastery that other monasteries did not have. It is a waterway pavilion built during the Meiji period. This Western-style masonry building introduced water from Lake Biwa into the urban area of Kyoto for hydroelectric power generation, which played a significant role in the prosperity of Kyoto. Although abandoned now, it is a popular scene for Japanese opera. In addition, around Nanchan Temple is the birthplace of famous soup tofu in Kyoto. You can try it when you have time.

Today's dinner was booked well in advance, so the last stop before dinner was at the nearby Nanchan Temple. In the Red-leaf season, visitors to Nanchan Temple are a sea of people. We strolled a little, and when we took pictures, the lens could only be directed towards the sky as far as possible.