(tent) Pilgrimage to the Ancient Temples of Kyoto (15): Jingo-ji

This fifteenth volume in the Pilgrimage to the Ancient Temples of Kyoto series takes readers to Jingo-ji, a temple perched high in the Takao mountains northwest of Kyoto. Renowned for its breathtaking autumn foliage and profound historical resonance, Jingo-ji is a site steeped in spiritual tradition, once home to the great monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi). With poetic prose and quiet reflection, the author explores the temple’s architecture, cultural treasures, and the shifting sensations of time and season that surround it. A meditative journey into Kyoto’s sacred past, through the lens of one of its most storied temples.