Mapping Kyoto Streets - 2012/09/12 - Kitaoji-dori and Kinukake-no-michi

Sep. 12, Wed.
Kitaoji-dori and Kinukake-no-michi

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Kitaoji-dori
Built only 90 years ago, Kitaoji-dori is a 5.5 km street that still has many important historical sites, despite being a relatively new street.

Kinukake-no-michi
Kinukake-no-michi boasts three World Heritage temples - Kinkakuji, Ryoanji, and Ninnaji. This street is not to be overlooked when visiting Kyoto.

Presenter:
Hiroki Sato
Radio Personality,
Alfa Station, Kyoto

Born in Hokkaido, Sato has lived in Kyoto for 37 years. While enrolled in the Department of British and American Studies at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, he took leave to work at the Japanese Embassy in Kenya.

On graduating, Sato taught English before becoming a radio personality for the Alpha Morning Kyoto show at FM Kyoto (Alfa Station)
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MAPPING Kitaoji-dori and Kinukake-no-michi

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Zuiho-in
Insho-Domoto Museum of Fine Arts
Honke Isoda
Ryoanji
Imamiya Jinja
Ryoanji Zentofu Rokuta
Aburimochi Ichiwa
Yanagiya kibako
Kinkakuji
Ninnaji
Tegakikobo Bireishin

Zuiho-in
The Christian lord, Otomo Sorin built this sub-temple of Daitokuji in 1535. Dokuza-tei garden is a famous karesansui-style garden created with moss and rocks. Kanmin-tei garden, located behind the main building, has stones laid in the shape of a cross.

http://kanko.city.kyoto.lg.jp/detail.php?InforKindCode=1&ManageCode=1000131

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Honke Isoda
The Isoda family has lived across from the Daitokuji gate for centuries and produce fermented black soybeans - Daitokuji Natto - using a 1000-year-old recipe. Once used as the temple's preserved food and portable food, it is still enjoyed by many, today.

http://www.honke-isoda.com/

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Imamiya Jinja
The shrine was established, one thousand years ago, to quell the plague that ravaged Heian-kyo. It is said that worshippers will have good luck if they make a wish and rub the rock, called Ahokashi-san. In April, the shrine holds Yasurai Matsuri, which is one of Kyoto's three major more interesting festivals. Believers stand under the large Hanagasa umbrella during the festival for good health in the coming year.

http://www.kyoto-jinjacho.or.jp/shrine/03/019/

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Aburimochi Ichiwa
This shop located at Imamiya Jinja's gate has been serving worshippers aburimochi - roasted rice cakes - for 1,000 years.

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Kinkakuji
World Heritage Site, Kinkakuji, was built in 1398 by the third Muromachi shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, as a mountain villa. It was converted into a Zen temple after his death.

http://www.shokoku-ji.jp/k_about.html

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Tegakikobo Bireishin
This shop sells original hand-painted postcards and wall hangings. The resident ink painter creates a card for you, on request.

http://www16.plala.or.jp/kyoutosawakai/

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Insho-Domoto Museum of Fine Arts
Painter Insho Domoto was born in Kyoto in 1891. He began his career drawing designs for Nishijiin-ori textiles, but later gained fame as a Japanese painter for his delicate brushwork and his splendid use of color. He not only painted Japanese-style paintings, but also produced oil paintings depicting European landscapes, glass paintings, pottery, carved wooden dolls, metalwork, dyeing and weaving designs, posters, and chair designs.

http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~domoto/

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Ryoanji
Originally an aristocrat's villa, this World Heritage Site was converted into a Zen temple in 1450. The temple is most famous for its karesansui-style Rock Garden, which has 15 rocks arranged in the white sand. The beautiful garden is reflected on the surface of Kyoyochi, the pond at its center.

http://www.ryoanji.jp/

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Ryoanji Zentofu Rokuta
The quality tofu produced at this store is made from domestically grown soybeans and Kyoto underground water. They serve a yudofu (simmering tofu) course and other tofu cuisine at their second floor restaurant.

http://rokuta.skr.jp/rokuta/

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Yanagiya kibako
Established 400 years ago, this shop is famous for its handmade wooden boxes and has produced articles used in Shinto rituals and confectionery boxes. The minuature chests of drawers made from timber offcuts are popular gifts.

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Ninnaji
Completed in the year 888, this World Heritage Site is famous for its late-blooming Omuro cherry blossoms. The main hall was relocated from Kyoto Imperial Palace and is a national treasure.

http://www.ninnaji.or.jp/

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