The 353rd issue of KYOTO VISITOR’S GUIDE, March 2021, has been published in print as well as New Articles have been up online
This month’s features:
Message from KYOTO VISITOR’S GUIDE
— All you miss about Kyoto is here still vibrant and unchanged
Inheriting and Bequeathing
— Interview with Isao Kitabayashi, CEO of COS KYOTO & Founder of DESIGN WEEK KYOTO
Looking Back, Moving Forward to a Sustainable Kyoto
— “Midori Farm”: Making the Connections from Farm to Table
Going Deeper and Further
— Ancient Knowledge of Japanese Herbal Medicine from Nara
KVG Revival
— Reflections from our Past
Water Basin at Ryoan-ji Temple. Ryoan-ji Temple (UNESCO World Heritage) is home to one of Japan’s most famous rock gardens. An aristocrat’s villa was converted into a Zen temple in 1450. By the rear corridor of the main building, there is this stone water basin, or tsukubai which is, in its way, as philosophical as their world-famous rock garden. It has a square basin in the center which represents a particle used to complete the four Chinese characters on each side of it: top, bottom, right and left. Reading the kanji with the “ □ ” included each reads “Ware 吾 Tada 唯 Taru-wo 足 Shiru 知,” meaning, “I only learn to be content”, or “I am content with what I am/have.”
Photo courtesy of Jeremy Hoare, a gifted British travel photographer who has captured the beauty and life of Kyoto for over 25 years. To see more of his wonderful photos, visit his website: Kyoto Photo Gallery.