#京極

[nyankohouse]

寺町、市役所から丸太町へ

20241027　投票日（選挙に行った？）

寺町を北に。

[rennebright]

サツキ by 將Kplrt [Twitter/X] ※Illustration shared with permission from the artist. If you like this artwork please support the artist by visiting the source.

[blacktornny]

[yamasakiko---ji]

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[merpmonde]

Temples on the high street: Kyôto Teramachi and Shinkyôgoku

A typical Japanese covered high street, right? Yes, there are lots of shops left and right, but this is Kyôto, a millennial capital and centre of cultural and religious tradition in Japan. So what happens when a modern high street encounters a centuries-old temple, bearing in mind that it would be very bad form to ask the priests to sell up?

Well you leave the temple alone and build around it. So, in between the big name drugstores, Animate, clothes shops and cafés lined with the street's signature bricks and tile floor, here's the entrance to Seishin-in, with traditional wooden doors and tile roofing. It is also just visible in the first picture - see if you can notice it.

Seigan-ji is easier to spot, further illustrating the contrast. Online maps show that this temple even has a cemetery in the middle of the next block, completely encircled by shopping streets and businesses.

It's a similar situation for Tenshô-ji, though, this far up the high street, the commercial tissue becomes less dense. These temples seem a bit larger and own more land. Still, we've gone from a towering, mineral, covered street in the top photo, to an open path with low buildings and plenty of vegetation, with no transition.

These scenes of coexistence fascinated me when I first visited Kyôto in 2016, with a hotel in this area, so it was great to see them again on my brief return to the city in 2023. More fascinating still is the fact that one of these "just off the high street" temples is not only very old, but hugely historically significant... and I'm yet to mention it!

[brownie-pics]

'24.2.24 京都 三条にて

写真展絡みの街ブラシリーズ。ストックあるのでまた出してみるｗ

[necobe]

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[wankohouse]

御霊祭　(上御霊)

北之御座 神輿　今出川口 京極神輿会　御霊祭　御霊神社(上御霊)　京都市

[doggie]

見たくないものは見ないのではなく、見えないのである。 だから、信じられないもの、信じたくないものが不意に見えてしまった時、人は混乱する。 それは、見たくないものではなく、見えなかったものだからだ。見えないものが見えてしまうと云うことは、或る意味恐ろしい事なのだ。だから人はそれを否定しようとして――― それに関わるものだけを捜してしまう。 そんなものは捜せば幾らでもあるのだ。 結果、それだけを見てしまうことになる。それだけを見て、それだけを繋げれば、別の世界が見えてしまうことだろう。

京極 夏彦『鵼の碑』

[jidaohuashi]

#極道畫師

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#TokyoTeddyBear

#ボーカロイド

#VOCALOID

#アナログ

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東京テディベアを捧げて、サポートに感謝して、幸運が続いています(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)و✧

Offer TokyoTeddyBear,thank you  your support, and have good lucky (ฅ>ω<*ฅ)✧

獻上東京泰迪熊,感謝支持,好運連連(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

[lys-lilac]

Poor Sekai :'D

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...to escape from these protective boyfriends aka top doctors STAT!

[sweet-pinkitty]

Romance MD: Always on Call

Kyogoku Sentaro

Main Story② (Part 1・Part 2)

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MS② Epilogue

[rennebright]

Untitled by Kuro_torie [Twitter/X] ※Illustration shared with permission from the artist. If you like this artwork please support the artist by visiting the source.

[rosycheekies]

Kyoukotsu no Yume by Kyougoku Natsuhiko & Shimizu Aki

[irakkk3gunkan]

らくがき

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[rexit127]

百鬼夜行