{"id":751,"date":"2018-11-14T10:11:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T10:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/?p=751"},"modified":"2018-11-10T10:35:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T10:35:56","slug":"a-return-to-kyoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/14\/a-return-to-kyoto\/","title":{"rendered":"A Return to Kyoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went for another trip to Kyoto. The temple of Sanjusangendo had been recommended to me by a colleague and I also fancied visiting the modern art gallery. The fore-mentioned colleague also recommended a trip to Kyoto National Museum.<\/p>\n<p>First of all Sanjusangendo turned out to be well worth it. It is a long building filled to the brim with amazing Buddhist statues. Unfortunately you can&#8217;t take photo&#8217;s inside of the temple. The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanj%C5%ABsangen-d%C5%8D\">Wikipedia page<\/a> includes more details and some small photos. I took a photo of the outside.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-752 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sanjuusangendou.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4034\" height=\"3426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sanjuusangendou.jpg 4034w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sanjuusangendou-300x255.jpg 300w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sanjuusangendou-768x652.jpg 768w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sanjuusangendou-1024x870.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4034px) 100vw, 4034px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After that things went a bit awry. The National Museum was partly closed and the permanent exhibition in storage. There was a special exhibition of swords but I decided to give that a miss and move onto the art museums&#8230; only for the museum I wanted to visit to be closed. There is another art museum across the road but there was a queue around the block to get in. Lots of waiting and a very busy museum once you get in. I decided to skip that too. It was a bank holiday so maybe I&#8217;ll go back when I&#8217;m off over winter.<\/p>\n<p>On the plus side there was what appeared to be a youth music and dance festival going on in the parks around the museum. I spent the afternoon watching everything from tap dancing, to wannabe idol groups via hip hop dancing.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight came towards the end of the festival when the Tachibana High School Brass Band were due to play. Having been in a brass band when I was in school I was quite excited at seeing this. It was quite a performance as they immediately started dancing down the street while playing their instruments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-753 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/kyoto_tachibana_koukou_brass_band.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4584\" height=\"3058\" srcset=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/kyoto_tachibana_koukou_brass_band.jpg 4584w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/kyoto_tachibana_koukou_brass_band-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/kyoto_tachibana_koukou_brass_band-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/kyoto_tachibana_koukou_brass_band-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4584px) 100vw, 4584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The following Youtube video give you an idea of what they get up to.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZVJ3Ho83Ksg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went for another trip to Kyoto. The temple of Sanjusangendo had been recommended to me by a colleague and I also fancied visiting the modern art gallery. The fore-mentioned colleague also recommended a trip to Kyoto National Museum. First of all Sanjusangendo turned out to be well worth it. 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