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Genko-an Temple

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  • Genko-an Temple

  • Genko-an Temple
    • Genko-an temple is the temple of the Soto sect in the Takagamine Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi.
    • The note and footprint of blood remain at the blood ceiling which Hondo's ceilings are the ruins of Fushmi Castle and tells the tragedy of a defeat game.

The autumnal leaves of Genko-an.

    The autumnal leaves of Genko-an.

  • It is the temple where the autumnal leaves in the Hondo circumference and a garden are beautiful.
  • The autumnal leaves of those square with a window which are called the round window called "window of spiritual enlightenment" and "window of illusion" to Hondo and the garden seen to through a window [ the ] are wonderful.
  • The window of spiritual enlightenment expresses the heart of "zen and Entu" circularly, and the circle is expressing the universe.
  • The window of illusion symbolizes "man's whole life" in a square shape, and expresses the struggle of a "student old death due to sickness."

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    Access to Genko-an

  • [Address]
  •     47, Kitatakagamine-cho, Takagamine, Kita-ku, kyoto-city
  • [Access]
  •     City Bus : 2-minute walk from Genko-an-mae.

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