Temple day part 2: Daitoku-ji

This is a holding post, because there's a wonderful video to be added once I'm home, and I'll do a proper write up then.

For now I'll just say don't tell anyone about this place - it's a huge temple complex that has somehow been missed off most maps. It is therefore blissfully quiet, even on a festival weekend in peak season. Unlike the carefully chosen camera angles of the Golden Pavillion, this one really did have space to breathe and take in the details - we often had rooms or gardens entirely to ourselves.

Also, second stamp. Hand written in the book this time. I can see why most scribes insist on the special paper - it takes an age to dry otherwise.Read more