Sunday, April 16, 2006

Mount Hiei





On Saturday 22nd I took the opportunity to visit Mount Hiei, Kyoto's highest mountain. The guide books had good things to say about Enryakuji Temple, once home to a powerful Buddhist sect. So influential were these monks that, according to Judith Clancy, they were ordered destroyed by the Imperial Court. Myself and Ronan ascended the mountain via cable-car and ropeway, and walked through the misty forests, passing hushed graveyards and catching fleeting glances of the surrounding hills through the fog as we went. アメリカのSarahさんと会いましたーよかった!一緒にHiei山のお寺やもりを見ました。彼女は日本についてビデオを作りますーがんばってSarah様!!

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