commit 2eaae608490f7fdd4de348044d689058505d617d
parent b7962a6dae6f425c881f56a777abc3fd6336d247
Author: Chris Bracken <chris@bracken.jp>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 08:46:11 -0700
Add nishi/higashi Honganji info, wiki links
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1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/content/japan/kyoto.md b/content/japan/kyoto.md
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Kawaramachi Station (Karasuma subway line)・河原町駅（地下鉄烏丸線
You should totally do this. It's an awesome walk through a working market
selling everything from miso to spices to bowls and teacups to fish. There are a
-bunch of restaurants around here too.
+bunch of restaurants around here too. ([Wikipedia][nishiki_ichiba])
+
+[nishiki_ichiba]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishiki_Market
### Pontocho・先斗町
Pontocho is a narrow street that runs north-south on the west side of the Kamo
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ Definitely worth a visit. It gets crowded during the day but if you go early in
the morning (6:30 or even 7am), you'll practically have the place to yourself.
After the first set of gates you end up at a sort of second area with a couple
little shops etc, but keep following the narrow steps up and there's some nice
-hiking up higher (and it's less crowded). ([Wikipedia][fushimi_inari]).
+hiking up higher (and it's less crowded). ([Wikipedia][fushimi_inari])
[fushimi_inari]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fushimi_Inari-taisha
@@ -109,13 +111,28 @@ and check out the view/read a book, etc. ([Wikipedia][nanzenji])
[nanzenji]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanzen-ji
### Daitoku-ji・大徳寺
-Kitaoji (Karasuma subway line) + 15 min walk・北大路駅（地下鉄烏丸線）
+Kitaoji Station (Karasuma subway line) + 15 min walk・北大路駅（地下鉄烏丸線）
Probably the highest temple + garden density in Kyoto.
([Wikipedia][daitokuji])
[daitokuji]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daitoku-ji
+
+### Nishi-Honganji and Higashi-Honganji・西本願寺と東本願寺
+Kyoto Station・京都駅
+
+These two temples are just a few minutes walk from Kyoto station. Both are large
+Buddhist temples ordered built by shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late 16th/eary
+17th centuries. They're not particularly spectacular, but they are really
+convenient to get to if you're downtown. If I had to pick just one to visit, I'd
+pick Nishi-Honganji. Wikipedia entries for [Nishi-Honganji][nishi_honganji] and
+[Higashi-Honganji][higashi_honganji].
+
+[nishi_honganji]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishi_Hongan-ji
+[higashi_honganji]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higashi_Hongan-ji
+
+
### Nijo Castle (Tozai subway line: Nijojo-mae station).
Technically not a shrine or a temple, and not a big huge badass castle like
Himeji or Matsumoto, but lots of artwork on 'fusuma' sliding screens and history
@@ -138,13 +155,18 @@ stuff if you're into that. If you're not, then probably underwhelming.
## Anti-recommendations
* Heian Shrine. Just a big massive gate, lots of gravel, and few trees.
+ ([Wikipedia][heian_jingu])
* Kyoto tower. Built pretty much when everyone needed some crappy tower... this
is the Calgary Tower of Japan.
* Osaka Castle. I realise it's not Kyoto, but if you want a castle whose outside
fools you into thinking you're about to check out a historic castle, but
that's actually been renovated into a kind of crappy museum with an elevator
- to the top, this is the place.
+ to the top, this is the place. ([Wikipedia][osaka_jou])
* I'm not a huge fan of the Imperial Palace, not that it's crap, it's just big
and quite empty-ish. That said, I think you can get into a bunch of places now
that no-one ever used to be allowed in to. It's actually quite nice on rainy
- days, but can be scorching in the summer.
+ days, but can be scorching in the summer. ([Wikipedia][kyoto_gosho])
+
+[heian_jingu]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heian_Shrine
+[osaka_jou]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_Castle
+[kyoto_gosho]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Imperial_Palace
