It was designed by Chuta Ito, an architect who was also involved in the construction of Heian Jingu shrine in Kyoto and Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo. The interior features reproductions of ancient ...
About 2,000 Japanese irises of 200 varieties are in full bloom at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto City. The garden has a temporary bridge over the pond at this time of year.
This outdoor party was revived at Jonangu Shrine in 1970. Experts tend the recreated period garden, and poets yearning for a bygone era strive to render the spirit of their Heian forebears.
KYOTO--A project to use ... Forged in the Heian Period (794-1185), the blade is the oldest among the 100 or so that are housed at the shrine in the ancient capital’s Kamigyo Ward.
One such vengeful spirit long associated with the city is Sugawara no Michizane, a scholar and politician in the mid-Heian Period ... The principal shrine dedicated to this kami is Kyoto ...