Golden Temple, Kyoto

We spent the morning at the Golden Temple which apparently manifests Goruraka Judo, the Land of Perfect Bliss - it truely was a sight to behold! A Zen temple covered in gold leaf and reflected in a mirror pond - an immersive and poetic experience arranged according to the codes of Zen aesthetics. Definitely the best till last.

A bullet to Osaka on a Hello Kitty ‘Hakura’ meaning ‘faraway’. The Kyoto Shinkansen Station mosaics of a five tiered pagoda, a temple and sakura were emblematic of Nippon, a nationalistic version of the name for Japan meaning literally ‘the sun’s origin’ or ‘The Land of the Rising Sun’ being to the east of China.Meer informatie