Memories - 書写山 (Shoshazan)
Since I mentioned the Shoshazan some posts before, I decided to open a new series, covering interesting things that happened before I started this blog (just what I needed with my current backlog... Oh, well...). So, I'll write about them as they are mentioned in other posts.
Shoshazan is a mountain near my campus and my home in Japan. I went to that next door place on May 4th, 2005.
"Shoshazan Engyouji, once one of the three training centers of the Tendai sect, is nestled in a peaceful mountain and has many important buildings and statues. Founded in A.D. 966 by Shoku, a holy Buddhist priest, the temple is noted as a pilgrimage site. Visitors can see the Manided, the main building halfway up the mountain; the Daikodo, the great audithorium; the forty meters long Jikido, both a priests training center and a boarding house; and the Kanzaido, sopported by four statues made by Hidari Jingoro, a famous sculptor. Another must is the grave of Mikinosuke, an adopted son of Musashi Miyamoto."
This was during the Golden Week. Some kind of almost consecutive holidays when many Japanese travel around (and abroad). I had gone to Osaka with Jon and Silvia the day before (hum... another Memories post...) and we stayed longer than we should, so that Jon lost his last bus. In that case, we decided that he'd stay in my place and we'd go see the Shoshazan the next day.
Surely a classic temple place... Solemn, peaceful (when there're not dozens of people around)... Really a good place to film scenes with a classic Japanese atmosphere (I mentioned this before, but in any case, it was used as stage for some scenes of "The Last Samurai").
And that time we used the ropeway to go up and down... Expensive, but I guess it's better than climbing when the weather is hot.
Shoshazan is a mountain near my campus and my home in Japan. I went to that next door place on May 4th, 2005.
"Shoshazan Engyouji, once one of the three training centers of the Tendai sect, is nestled in a peaceful mountain and has many important buildings and statues. Founded in A.D. 966 by Shoku, a holy Buddhist priest, the temple is noted as a pilgrimage site. Visitors can see the Manided, the main building halfway up the mountain; the Daikodo, the great audithorium; the forty meters long Jikido, both a priests training center and a boarding house; and the Kanzaido, sopported by four statues made by Hidari Jingoro, a famous sculptor. Another must is the grave of Mikinosuke, an adopted son of Musashi Miyamoto."This was during the Golden Week. Some kind of almost consecutive holidays when many Japanese travel around (and abroad). I had gone to Osaka with Jon and Silvia the day before (hum... another Memories post...) and we stayed longer than we should, so that Jon lost his last bus. In that case, we decided that he'd stay in my place and we'd go see the Shoshazan the next day.
Surely a classic temple place... Solemn, peaceful (when there're not dozens of people around)... Really a good place to film scenes with a classic Japanese atmosphere (I mentioned this before, but in any case, it was used as stage for some scenes of "The Last Samurai").
And that time we used the ropeway to go up and down... Expensive, but I guess it's better than climbing when the weather is hot.
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