Hanezu Odori of Zuishin-in Temple

I would like to inform the Hanezu Odori of Zuishin-in Temple.

From Kyoto Station, get off at Ono Station on the Tozai Subway Line and walk about 5 minutes to Zuishinin Temple.

At Zuishin-in, a special stall is set up when the late-blooming plums and kara-sama come into full bloom. Ono no Komachi and Fukakusa Shosho show a girl wearing a kimono with a tiered kimono, wearing a flower hat and holding a plum branch. and dances to the nursery rhyme of Momoyogayoi.

Hanezu Odori will be held on March 26, 2023 (Sunday) from 9:00 to 16:30. Hanezu Odori is performed four times from 11:00, 12:30, 13:30, and 15:00. In case of rain, it will be held indoors.

The entrance fee is 1,000 yen. Elementary school students and younger are free.

Please enjoy the charming dance.

the blue maple of the Kyoto Kennin temple

I would like to introduce the blue maple of the Kyoto Kennin temple this time.
I transfer from JR Kyoto Station to going, Keihan Railway to Tofuku-ji Temple and get off at Gion-Shijo Station and am arrival in Kennin temple in a 7-minute walk.


The Kennin temple is a temple belonging to the Zen sect which comes if Kyoto nestling midmost of Gion is oldest.
There is the garden where a blue maple and moss harmonize with.
Please thoroughly enjoy a wonderful garden slowly from every direction.





There are a lot of highlight including "Unryozu that is the figure of god of the wind god of thunder screen of Yusho Kaiho " and "Fujinraijinzubyoubu that is the figure of cloud dragon of Sotatsu Tawaraya " in the Kennin temple.



In the in full bloom of the blue maple, it is until the end of April and the end of May.