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Littlestone
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Edited May 18, 2011, 09:53
Re: What's acceptable when interacting with sites?
May 18, 2011, 08:50
Littlestone wrote:
Aye... beautiful place.

What the pics don’t give you is the damp, earthy smell of the moss, and the soft silence such a thick and wide covering creates. Best time to go is after a rain fall - sorry, best time to go was after a rainfall :-(


Correction: the good news is that -

"Until 1977, the temple was open to admission to the general public, but currently visitors are admitted only by prior application (by return postcard), and the fee to visit the temple (¥3,000) is the highest in Kyoto. You will be given access to the grounds for 90 minutes. As of May 2010 they prefer for the application to arrive up to 7 working days prior to the intended visit at the temple. Before being permitted access to the garden, visitors must engage in zazen and hand copy and/or chant the quite long sutras. It is OK not to finish tracing the whole sutra, but you will be asked to write down your wish and your name and address. The monks keep all the sutras in the pagoda and continue to pray for all. It is said that these regulations were put into place in order to protect the delicate moss from the hordes of tourists that plagued the temple prior to 1977."

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saih%C5%8D-ji
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