The head temple of the Jodo sect, Chion-in Temple

The Morning Service ◎ Chencho Hoyo The day of Chion-in Temple begins with the morning service. If you are visiting, please come directly to Mikage-do Hall. Every morning from 6:30 Note: It is subject to change due to special events. Please check in advance. ■ Yuzen-en Garden Chion-in Temple Yuzenen was renovated and landscaping in 1954 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Yuzensai Miyazaki, the founder of Yuzen dyeing. It consists of a Ikeizumi-style garden with a "Someito Falls" arranged with the Waku water of Higashiyama, and a Kano-en in Karesansui. The appearance of Koun Takamura's statue shining on the surface of the water in the center of Hodaraku Pond makes you feel a deep taste. In the park, there is a tea room called Karoku-an, related to Urasenke, and a tea room called Shira Kotobuki-an, which was relocated to commemorate the 86th Chion-in Temple Geibi Koryu Nakamura's Shira Kotobuki. It is a gorgeous Showa famous garden suitable for being called a garden related to Yuzensai, which created Yuzen dyeing. ■ Ohojo It was rebuilt by Iemitsu Tokugawa in 1641. It is the best shoin in Kyoto. It has a size of about 35m in front and about 25m in side, and has the same Shoin style as Nijo-jo Castle, and was used as a seat for Tokugawa Shogun Iegamine. It consists of 11 rooms, including the upper row, the middle row, the lower row, and the chrysanthemum, centering on the 54-tatami crane, and is decorated with gorgeous gold wall sliding doors of the Kano school. (Important Cultural Property) ※ Non-public ■ Kohojo It was rebuilt by Iemitsu Tokugawa in 1641. It is connected by a corridor from the back of the large Hojojo, and consists of six rooms, including the upper row, the lower row, the snowy mountain water, and the Rakan. Fusuma-e paintings by the Kano school are famous. The names of each room are named by the ink painting drawn on the sliding door. Compared to the large Hojo length, it is wrapped in a calm atmosphere with ink painting. (Important Cultural Property) ※ Non-public ■ Hojo Garden A garden facing Ohojo and Ogatajo (a nationally designated scenic spot) The large pond uses Higashiyama as a view, creating a world of ghosts by reflecting the growing Kiki on the surface of the water. To the east of Kohojo, the national treasure "Amitabha Nyorai 25 Bodhisattva Raigozu" owned by Chion-in Temple is represented by low cutting and stone of Satsuki, and is called the garden of 25 Bodhisattva. It is a Ikeizumi-style garden that is said to have been built in the early Edo period by monks with Enshu Kobori, Tamabuchi and Ryo Ami. ■ Nure-haired Daimyojin It is a shrine dedicated to Myojin, a wet hair that protects Chion-in Temple from fire. Originally, it was worshiped as a god of fire protection, but since the wet hair image of a glossy woman, it gathered the religion of Gioncho's beautiful place, and today it is a marriage god `` wet hair '' It is familiar as The Goma Fire Festival is held every year on November 25. ■ Shiunsui Water that springs in a small pond under the mausoleum in the southeast corner of Seishido. There is a legend that when Honen Jonin was lonely, the saints came and the purple clouds fluttered and appeared on the surface of the water, and the aroma drifted. It is also said that a monk who was impressed by such a curry wrote a phrase, "People who draw the cleanness of the village water will clear the water of their hearts." It has been famous since ancient times as a beautiful Shimizu. Also, from May to June every year, Moria frogs come to lay eggs.