Mapping Kyoto Streets - 2012/12/12 - Fushimi Kaido

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Fushimi-kaido is an eight-kilometer road that runs south from the criss-crossed streets of Kyoto to Fushimi.

In this episode, we go back over 1,200 years to a time before Kyoto was the capital and look at the history and the people of Fushimi-kaido over the centuries.

With shrines, temples, sake breweries, and cruises, this interesting thoroughfare continues to attract visitors and pilgrims, today.

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Randall V. Channell (Soei)
Professional tea ceremony

Channell arrived in Japan from Canada in 1984 to study Japanese martial arts and has lived in Kyoto for about 20 years.
He began studying the Urasenke way of tea to learn the spirit of both the literary and martial arts. Channell was bestowed the tea name, Soei. His busy schedule includes teaching tea and owning a café on Sanjo-dori.
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MAPPING Fushimi Kaido

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Toyokuni Jinja
Hoko-ji
Yogen-in
Imaihan Nenjuten
Fushimi Inari Taisha
Tanka
Nezameya
Hogyokudo
Fujinomori Jinja
Gokonomiya Jinja
Shotoku Shuzo
Fushimi Yume Hyakushu
Jukkoku-bune

Toyokuni Jinja
Toyokuni Jinja enshrines Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who united a warring Japan in the 16th century. Karamon, the shrine gate, is made from zelkova and is rumored to be originally part of Hideyoshi's Fushimi Castle. His pillow and tooth are displayed in the Treasure Hall.

http://kanko.city.kyoto.lg.jp/detail.php?InforKindCode=1&ManageCode=1000182

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Hoko-ji
This temple on the northern side of Toyokuni Jinja houses the 4.2-meter-tall bell that determined the fate of the Toyotomi clan.

http://www.kyotokanko.com/e/t_hokoji.html

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Yogen-in
This temple's Main hall was constructed from remnants of Fushimi Castle. Inside is a treasury of little-known works of art. The bold and unconventional sliding door paintings - The White Elephants and The Lions - are important cultural properties. Chitenjo, literally "blood ceiling," is a memorial to the samurais who desperately defended Fushimi Castle in the late 16th century. The wooden floor on which they committed seppuku, ritual suicide, was made into this ceiling. The nightingale floors in the temple are the work of a legendary Edo Period craftsman.

http://kanko.city.kyoto.lg.jp/detail.php?InforKindCode=1&ManageCode=1000229

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Imaihan Nenjuten
This business has been manufacturing juzu prayer beads and supplying them to the local temples for over 400 years.

Create your own juzu, selecting beads from over 60 varieties of natural stones.

http://imaihan-nenjyu.jp/

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Fushimi Inari Taisha
Worshippers pray at Fushimi Inari Taisha, founded in 711, for bumper harvests, prosperity in business, and good fortune. During the first three days of the New Year, this shrine is visited by 2.7 million people. The shrine's highlight is Senbon Tori-i - a tunnel of bright red tori-i gates, which were dedicated in gratitude for prayers heard - lining paths across the mountain. This popular, two-hour walking course has teashops offering light meals and spectacular views of Kyoto.

http://inari.jp/

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Tanka
Fushimi Dolls, which are made from clay, are popular souvenirs for worshippers to Fushimi Inari Taisha. As many as 60 potters resided along the street 200 years ago, but only one remains today.

http://www.tanka.co.jp/

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Nezameya
Established 450 years ago, this restaurant was apparently named by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, himself. Their specialty inarizushi - sushi rice stuffed inside a deep-fried tofu pouch - is triangular shaped to represent fox ears.

http://www.kyotokanko.co.jp/kyoto/fushimi/shopfushimi/nezameya.html

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Hogyokudo
Hogyokudo created Inari Senbei to look like a fox's face. This cracker, which is made with butter containing white miso soybean paste, has a rich sesame aroma and is a popular gift with visitors.

http://www.hougyoku.com/

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Fujinomori Jinja
Fujinomori Jinja was founded in 203, centuries before the Heian capital was constructed. Despite being known for competitive and scholarly success, many punters pray here as it is also the shrine of horses. Every May 5th, the shrine holds the spectacular, traditional acrobatic equestrian festival known as Kakeuma Shinji.

http://www.fujinomorijinjya.or.jp/

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Gokonomiya Jinja
Gokonomiya Jinja is named for the fountain of fragrant water that springs forth within the shrine grounds. Some claim to have been healed of their ailments by drinking this water. The spring still flows today, and people come from afar to draw its water, which is called Gokosui.

http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/gokounomiya/

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Shotoku Shuzo
This brewery established in 1645 is unusual in that their toji, or master sake brewer, is female. Their sake bottles with labels bearing stylish designs may be drawing many new sake enthusiasts, but Shotoku Shuzo continues to honor sake-brewing traditions.

http://www.shoutoku.co.jp/

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Fushimi Yume Hyakushu
This cafe, which serves numerous sweets made with sake rice wine, is housed in a building owned by a sake brewery, a century ago. Their gift shop sells about 100 varieties of sake and new sake products.

http://profile.ameba.jp/fushimi-yume100shu/

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Jukkoku-bune
These narrow wooden boats navigated the waterways during the Edo Period, carrying both passengers and rice. Today, tourists ride them to leisurely enjoy the sake breweries, the cherry trees, the willows and other sights of Fushimi.

http://kyoto-fushimi-kanko.jp/news19.html

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