Kyoto｜The beauty of Zen-Jojakkoji Temple Feng Shui layout and legends of gods and Buddhas

Do you like the tranquility of a Japanese garden? Do you like the Zen feeling of ancient buildings? You must not miss Jojakko-ji Temple, especially during the maple leaf season. It is a 15-minute walk from JR Arashiyama. After entering from Niomon Gate, you begin to feel the dense forest. During the maple leaf season, red maple leaves and ginkgo trees intertwine. If you go up to Duobao Pagoda, you can appreciate the layered aesthetics of Jojakko-ji Temple. More than 200 maple trees, along with the stone path leading up and the evergreen bamboo forest, weave together to create the beautiful scenery of Arashiyama. In addition to the fiery red autumn scenery, the snow-covered winter, the pink cherry blossoms in spring, and the cool evergreen summer, each one can make people calm down and appreciate it carefully. By the way, the Jojakko-ji Temple enshrines the Bodhisattva Myojian. In fact, there is a Luoyang Twelve Myojian hanging on the mountain gate. At that time, there were 12 temples enshrining the Bodhisattva Myojian, centered on the Emperor's Palace, and the Jojakko-ji Temple was located in the west. There is a folk saying that Miaojian Bodhisattva is actually the Taoist Xuantian God, which also shows the traces of mutual influence of religions in the torrent of history. 📍Address: 〒616-8397 Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Ukyo District, Saga Kokurayama Kokura-cho 3 #JanuaryGoodPlaces2025