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Jojakkoji Temple in Winter

Needless to say, Sagano district is a famous place for autumn foliage viewing. Among the many places in Sagano, the most beautiful place...

Whether in movies or theater plays, excellent supporting actors are always the wind beneath the principals' wings. Likewise, there are...

In the Ohmiya campus of Ryukoku University, there is a construction listed as Japanese national important cultural properties. As you...

Are WAFUKU (Japanese clothes) and KIMONO the same or different? In the Wikipedia, WAFUKU is described literally as Japanese clothes....

Every time the date of my exams got close, my mother used to tell me, "We have to pay a visit to Tenjin-san*", and if I look at myself as...

Setsubun (節分 - February 3, the end of winter) is drawing near. In order to do Yakuyoke (厄除け - warding off calamity or misfortune), Kyoto...

YUMEYAKATA Oike Bettei was introduced on January 5th edition of Kansai Walker magazine! In the article, Oike Bettei, our newly opened...

In the Meiji and the Taisho era, HAKAMA (divided skirts worn over KIMONOs) was a standard outfit for female students. The root of HAKAMAs...

JYUBAN is an inner wear worn in between a KIMONO and an underwear. There are various opinions about the origin of the word JYUBAN, and...

Sekizanzenin Temple, one of the sub-temples of Hieizan Enryakuji Temple, is said to be protecting the east-north direction of Kyoto with...