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Mt. Kinugasa is also known as Mt. Kinukake, literally meaning “draped with silk”, because its slopes were covered in white silk to create a snow-capped look at the wishes of Japan’s 59th Emperor, Uda, who desired to see a snowy landscape in the middle of summer.
Winding through the foothills of this Mt. Kinugasa is a roughly 2.5 km long path known as the Kinukake-no-michi.
It starts from Kinkaku-ji Temple that symbolizes the Kitayama culture and served the Muromachi General Yoshimitsu Ashikaga as a hiding place during war, passes by Ryuan-ji Temple famous for its rock garden that expresses the Zen mindset and arrives at Ninna-ji Temple in Omuro, which once served as the residence for the Emperor Uda.
This is an excellent area for walking and enjoying temples, shrines, galleries, museums and more.
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When you move from Nara, you can take the JR or Kintetsu line. The Kintetsu limited express train is comfortable for you in considering time and amenity of sightseeing. The train runs from Kyoto to Nara or Kashiharajingu station every 15minutes. In recent years, the connection of JR lines between Kyoto and Nara is improving, and the JR has become usable.
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From Osaka to Kyoto, the Hankyu limited express from Umeda to Kawaramachi station, Keihan line limited express from Yodoyabashi, Kitahama, Kyobashi, Temmabashi to Shichijo, Shijo, Gojo, Demachiyanagi station.
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Ryoan-ji Temple(World Heritage)
This well-known Zen temple is famous for its rock garden. The 15 large and small rocks spaced apart in the sand are said to express a Zen mindset that reverberates internally with people.
How to get there: Take the City Bus from JR/Kintetsu Tokyo Station or from Saiin Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line.
Open: 8:00 - 17:00 (8:30 - 16:30 from December to February)
Admission fee: 400yen
Kinkaku-ji Temple(World Heritage)
Once the villa of the Muromachi General Yoshimitsu Ashikaga, the building was converted into a Zen temple after the general's death and named Rokuonji after the Ashikaga's posthumous title. The 3-storied structure with its differing architecture on each floor - from its first floor, shinden-zukuri, buke-zukuri and Zen Buddhist hall -- is beautifully covered in gold leaf and reflects off the pond in the garden.
Open: 9:00 - 17:00
Admission fee: 400yen
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Ninna-ji Temple(World Heritage)
Built by the Emperor Uda, this where he came to live once retired. His former living quarters are on the left walking away from the Nio-mon Gate. On the grounds are many elegantly designed buildings including lodgings made of white cedar. The complex is also famous for their Yaezakura cherry blossoms (blossoms with five or more petals) and Omuro zakura cherry blossoms (dwarf cherry trees with low branches).
Admission fee: Halls: 500yen (Admission to grounds is free.)
Open: 9:00 - 16:30 (Doors closed at 16:00)