Zenkoji Temple Takayama

... , another mountainous village. This one is a little with bigger, with about 100,000 people. We stayed at another Buddhist temple, called Zenkoji - this one is more like a hostel with a temple attached than a temple that happens to allow people to stay ...

after the longest train ride we had till now (5.5 hrs) we arrived at takayama..since its up in the mountain the weather changed to cold and dry and the scenery looked like the alps (even though we havent been there yet). we found our place quickly ...

well to get to takayama took longer then we thought and eventually we came here only at about 8pm we were really afraid we might have to sleep on the street but then we talked to monk that is responsible of the temple we are staying at and he said we ...

Takayama has preserved the feeling of a castle town, apparent by its history-filled streets. With the latticed bay windows and linked eaves of merchants' houses in Sanmachi Suji, the enduring historical temples ...

... niks gedoen nie. Op daardie stadium het ons nie besef dat Tokyo deur 'n groot aardbewing getref was nie. Ons akkomodasie in Takayama is tradisioneel japanees met futon beddens en rys papier mure. Dis pragtig! Mens moet mens se skoene uittrek, en 'n paar ...

... Nagoya for the bullet train to Tokyo, tranfer stations at Tokyo, and then catch the overnight train for Aomori. Suprisingly, Takayama, the smallest of the stations made the worst transfers--even Tokyo was perfectly smooth. The night train is basic but ...

... the trains are great because they go up hill and take corners like a roller coaster. We arrived in Takayama and it was only a 10min walk to Zenkoji Temple, where we were staying. This is a gorgeous Buddha Monastery, that take donations for staying with ...

... she gave us some apple for desert too! We arrived at about 7pm and checked into our accommodation – a real Buddhist Zen Temple, 'Zenkoji Zen Temple’. This guy Woody showed us around (he is American but is a Buddhist monk now that, I guess, ...

... . I decided to not let that hinder me in my enthusiasm for this lovely town. My first point of interest was Takayama-Jinya, which is a administrational building dated back to the time of the Tokugawa Shogunat. The current building is much younger though, ...

De Hiroshima, vuelta al oeste, hacia Takayama, parando en Himeji, para ver el famoso castillo, que no defraudó. Como todo aquí en Japón, muy bonito y con unos espacios y ubicacion increíbles. Y llegamos a Hida, en un tren local, y ya cuando llegamos ...

First place after the countrys capital is Takayama in the ancient, mountainous Hida district.  Near the Japanese Alps it has old inns, saki breweries and is chock full of museums.  The city dates back to theKanamori period of the late 16th ...

... rain stopped. we went with the reporter - assaf yehezkeli - to a fancy local restaurant called suzuya. if youll be sometime in takayama you should go there they speak excelent english and the food is great! we wanted to try some of the special ...

We caught our first Shinkansen to Nagoya, then changed to the local train to Takayama for the festival. We arrived around 7pm and got some amazing pictures free from other tourists, then back to the inn for bed. We stayed at a buddhist temple, and luckily ...

... a spime na tatami. Druhy den rano jsme vyrazili na trhy, ktere se konaji podel reky. Porad ochutnavame neco noveho. Takayama je nazyvana male Kyoto. Zda se nam trosku prazdna, nikde nikdo. Nad mestem prochazime nekonecne mnozstvi chramu. Peknymi ulickami ...

... or “bullet train,” to Nagano, home of the 1998 Winter Olympics. This afternoon you will take a walking tour to the Zenkoji Temple. One of the most visited temples in Japan, Zenkoji was founded 1,400 years ago and stores what many believe to be ...

... Hot Spring, Fukube Waterfalls) 19. Fukui (Fukui Academic Meeting) 20. Nagano (Tsumago, Komoro Judo Camp, Karuizawa, Kamikochi, Zenkoji Temple, Yamanouchi Jigokudani Hot Spring, Matsumoto) 21. Gifu (Nenoue Highland Camp Site, Gifu Castle, Nagaragawa ...