Kyoto city (City area)

Higashiyama A

This course starts in the tranquil stillness of the raked gravel garden of Ginkaku-ji Temple or Silver Pavilion, from where the path leads you to Hakusa-sonso. As you tread the moss-covered stones of the Path of Philosophy in the footsteps of many a great thinker, it isn't hard to see why the intellectuals of old would come here to seek their inspiration. In spring, the riverbank is ablaze with the ethereal pink of cherry blossoms, the breeze carrying fallen petals down stream as you reach Kumano Nyakuo-ji Shrine. On to Eikan-do Temple where the attendant watches you like a hawk, should you forget to remove your shoes before you tread the sacred hallways, then down to the Nomura Museum with its exquisite hanging scrolls and ceramics. A little further, the scent of offerings of incense surrounds you as you enter Nanzen-ji Temple through the grand Sammon Gate.

Recommended Course A

Half-Day Course