Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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In this video we’ll show you Tenryuji (天龍寺) from JR Arashiyama station, Kyoto.

Tenryu-ji is located in Arashiyama, a scenic area at the foot of the mountains on the western outskirts of Kyoto.
To the south of the temple the Katsura River emerges from the rugged Hozu Gorge and is spanned by picturesque Togetsu-kyo (Rising Moon Bridge). On the hills just west of the temple one finds Kameyama Park. In times past all of these places were located on Tenryu-ji's precincts.
The Arashiyama area's historical connections with Zen are deep. In the ninth century Empress Tachibana no Kachiko (786-850) founded the temple Danrin-ji, Japan's first Zen temple, on the present site of Tenryu-ji. After the temple fell into disrepair the site was used by the emperors Go-Saga (1220-1272) and Kameyama (1249-1305) as a detached palace. Emperor Go-Daigo (1288-1339) also resided here.

about this place
tenryuji.com/en/index.html
japan-guide.com/e/e3913.html

walking route
drive.google.com/open?id=1nGoMstWg6GeQ94H5fp7_jCNXf8ODVcEB&usp=sharing

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