{"id":34370,"date":"2016-04-19T02:38:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T00:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/kyoto-exuberances-colorees\/"},"modified":"2020-07-09T20:08:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T18:08:56","slug":"kyoto-colorful-exuberances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/en\/kyoto-colorful-exuberances\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto, colorful exuberances"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I left TYK and headed for Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. It is the full season of cherry blossoms and the right time to visit the magical city. Temples, shrines, ancient architecture, geishas, \u200b\u200bancestral traditions, Kyoto is the city of times gone by. Coming a few days ago during my last day of work at TYK, I cannot wait to set foot in the middle of the streets full of history again. But spring and cherry trees attract tourists and the streets of Kyoto are teeming with people. Each temple, sanctuary, attraction is filled with a compact crowd. It disenchants me a little but it is like that. I will have to deal with it.<\/p>

I stayed more than a week in Kyoto and I keep in memory a mixture of shimmering colors, magnificent kimonos<\/strong><\/a>, very beautiful buildings, certain moments of absolute grace mixed with a permanent hubbub, a cultural identity disappearing and more and more buildings munching on the city and its particularity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sanjusangendo is one of the first places I visited. It is a magnificent Buddhist temple, a long main wooden building of which houses 1001 statues of the goddess of compassion Kannon. A huge statue of Senju Kannon is placed in the center surrounded by an infinity of small statues. It is very impressive to see. The original structure of the building was built in 1164 and destroyed by fire in the 13th century before being rebuilt again. The exteriors of the temple are filled with cherry blossoms.<\/p>

The Ponto-cho district stretches along the Takasegawa Canal and the Kamo River. It is the place of restaurants, bars, ochaya<\/em> (tea house) and izakaya<\/em> (tiny tavern). Very lively in the evening and full of tourists, I nevertheless very much appreciated the atmosphere of the small alleys where the past never seems very far.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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