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SPECIAL NIGHTS EVENT

AN EXTRAORDINARY AUTUMNNIGHT MEETING SIX JAPANESE ARTISANS BEYOND SPACE AND TIME

November 24-26, 2023 
Start 17:30/20:00

50,000yen / adult

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  • 住持介绍寺庙

  • 禅修体验

  • 表演者经验

  • 茶道、日本画、室町时代剑鉴赏、佛教僧侣和武士表演以及特色小吃和饮料

  • 素食和寿司以及舞妓表演

星期五|11 月 24 日       5:30 PM~7:30 PM   SOLD OUT

星期六|11 月 25 日        5:30 PM~7:30 PM   SOLD OUT

星期日 | 11 月 26 日        5:30 PM~7:30 PM  SOLD OUT

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PROGRAM INFO

Experience beyond time and space at Komyoin at night.

For three special days, see, touch, and feel the glorious artisan that has been passed down for 500 years.

Welcome to a special evening party held at Komyoin, the pagoda of Tofukuji Temple, the main temple of the Daishonzan, on the night after the gates are closed. First, zazen by the abbot will begin to purify your mind and prepare you for this special evening. After the completion of zazen, the temple as it was 500 years ago will be brought back to life before your eyes. Visitors will experience the workplaces of a Japanese painter, a Buddhist priest, a sharpener, a Japanese candle craftsman, and a tea master, and be able to experience their skills. Finally, you will enjoy a meal prepared by a vegetarian chef and a sushi chef, while a beautiful dance performance by a maiko geiko completes the evening. This special evening will be a treasure for a lifetime and will leave a deep impression on you.

HISTORY OF KOMYOIN

In 1391, at the beginning of the Muromachi period (1392-1573), the pagoda of Tofukuji Temple was founded by Myoichiro Kinzan. The temple is home to Marishiten, the guardian deity of victory, and is known as the "rainbow moss temple," with a garden of moss and sand in perfect harmony. Hashin-tei" is a dry landscape garden created by Mirei Shigemori in 1939, featuring three stone arrangements in white sand representing the temple's name, Komyo. The Luogetsuan was built in 1956, and its windows and walls are decorated with moon motifs, allowing visitors to enjoy the moon rising in the eastern sky from the Hashin garden. Marishiten is sometimes represented riding on the moon, and the exquisite design, which is consistent from the temple name to the Luorgetsuan, brings beautiful scenery and peace of mind. The temple's design is also imbued with the lesson that the moon (Buddha's heart) will be reflected in the waves if one abandons his or her worldly desires.

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Our Location

Location : 15-809 Honmachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan

住所:日本国京都府京都市東山区本町15-809

​Contact: info@discoverytemples.jp

How to get there

Kyoto Sta. 15min taxi

Kyoto Sta.-Tofukuji Sta(Nara Line) 3min - Tobakaido Sta.(Keihan Main Line)2min  - 5min walk

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