Joururiji (Joruriji) temple in Kyoto - Seek the Buddhist Heaven - Japan Trip -
Joururiji ( Joruriji ) temple is a small but beautiful Buddhist temple.
The temple is situated on the border of Kyoto and Nara prefecture. It is generally quiet with few tourists because there is no major tourist spots around it within a walking distance.
It takes some time to get there, but I think the temple is worth visiting if you have time in Japan.
In this video, let's see the national treasure buildings of the temple and find the hidden meaning of these buildings together.
The best feature of this temple is the 9 images of Amida Buddha in a main hall. But It is NOT allowed to shoot a video inside the hall, so if you're interested, why don't you go there or google it?
Thanks.
[写真]昭和57-58年 京都 Kyoto, Japan from 1982 to 1983
昭和57年から昭和58年に京都市と京都府木津川市で撮影した写真です。
Photos taken in Kyoto City and Kizugawa City, Japan from 1982 to 1983.
昭和57年5月 May 1982
0:05 清水寺 Kiyomizu-dera Temple
0:36 三十三間堂 Sanjūsangen-dō Temple
昭和58年3月 March 1983
0:54 京都府立医科大学の屋上から比叡山・大文字山の眺望
Views from the roof of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine toward Mt.Hiei and Mt.Daimonji
1:23 賀茂川 北大路橋上流 Kamo River above Kitaōji Bridge
1:44 京都教育大学正門 The main gate of Kyoto University of Education
2:02 伏見桃山駅 Fushimi-momoyama Station
2:19 浄瑠璃寺(木津川市) Jōruri-ji Temple in Kizugawa City
2:39 岩船寺(木津川市) Gansen-ji Temple in Kizugawa City
3:09 東福寺 Tōfuku-ji Temple
4:24 泉涌寺 Sen'nyu-ji Temple
4:49 悲田院からの眺望 Views from Hiden-in Temple
5:09 来迎院 Raigō-in Temple
5:29 今熊野観音寺 Imakumano-kan'non-ji Temple
5:46 今熊野観音寺から剣神社への道
The path from Imakumano-kan'non-ji Temple to Tsurugi-jinja Shrine
地図 Map
清水寺 Kiyomizu-dera Temple
三十三間堂 Sanjūsangen-dō Temple
浄瑠璃寺 Jōruri-ji Temple
岩船寺 Gansen-ji Temple
東福寺 Tōfuku-ji Temple
泉涌寺 Sen'nyū-ji Temple
悲田院 Hiden-in Temple
来迎院 Raigō-in Temple
今熊野観音寺 Imakumano-kan'non-ji Temple
音楽 Music is made by Band in a Box.
岩船寺 木津川 京都 / Gansen-ji Temple Kyoto
岩船寺（がんせんじ）は京都府木津川市加茂町にある真言律宗の寺院である。
山号は高雄山（こうゆうざん）。院号は報恩院。
本尊は阿弥陀如来。開基（創立者）は行基と伝える。
アジサイの名所として知られ「アジサイ寺」とも呼ばれる。
岩船寺
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Gansen-ji temple in Kamocho!
Gansen-ji is a temple located about 1.2 km northeast of Joruri-ji, located in a small valley which opens to the North. Though the location of the temple is rather rural and not easily accessible, it holds many Important Cultural Assets, some dating to the early Heian Period. The temple's early history is murky at best, but Gansen-ji has many interesting traditions considering its origins and development which coalesced during the Edo period during a stretch of restoration and revival.
According to temple history, Gansen-ji was founded in 729 when Emperor Shomu made the Furosan Shrine in Izumo Province. Because of a dream, he requested Gyogi Bosatsu to erect an Amida hall, which later became a baptismal hall. In 806, Chisen Daishi reconstructed Gansen-ji as Hoon-in. After an imperial heir was born to Emperor Saga after Chisen Daishi prayed for that specifically, as thanks, the Empress had a pagoda erected in 812, and the whole complex was named Gansen-ji.
The spectacle of a three-tiered pagoda, rising amidst lush greenery, and the main hall, produce the feeling of a mountain temple. At the entrance of the temple gate is a boat-shaped rock, giving the temple its name, which priests are said to have used when washing themselves. This temple is in the mountainous area of Kamocho, Kizugawa City in Kyoto prefecture!
Flowers of all four seasons bloom in the precincts. The hydrangeas in June are beautiful. This area has many Buddhist images carved in stone on rock walls. Looking at the three laughing Amida images carved on one rock wall (from the Kamakura Period) is said to cheer people's spirits.
Gyogi (668-749) Monk of the Hosso sect of Buddhism (Ch Faxiang or Fa-hsiang).Also known as Gyoki. Born in Kawatchi Province (now part of Osaka Prefecture), he studied Hosso teachings at the temple Yakushi-ji. He devoted himself to the building of the temples,particularly the temple Todai-ji. He also undertook numerous social welfare projects,such as dam and bridge building.During his later years,the emperor Shomu bestowed on him the name Daibosatu (Great Bodhisattva) and raised him to the rank of Daisojo (great bishop or primate). Because of his outstanding virtue, he was often known as Gyogi Bosatsu (Bohisattva Gyogi) and was popularly taken to be a manifestation of Manjusri Bodhisattva. He was long remembered as an ascetic with great charisma,and many temples are attributed to him. (JAPAN an Illustrated Encyclopedia by Kodansha)