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We hold ‘Minami-Yamashiro Old Temple Tour’ jointly with this Special Exhibition Celebrating the Completion of Repairs to Jōruriji’s National Treasure Amida Statues Numinous Minamiyamashiro ~Treasures from the Mountains between Nara and Kyoto~ in Nara National Museum. In this tour, we travel around old temples in Minamiyamashiro area with English-speaking guide. How about experiencing the history and the culture in Minamiyamashiro area which links Kyoto and Nara? In old temples, we can also see ...
July 21st to September 3rd, 2023
Departure time: Departs from Nara National Museum at 12:15, Travel time: 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours
Course A
required
time 2.5hours
Nara
National Museum…Joruriji…Gansenji…JR Kizu Sta.
Course B
required
time 3hours
Nara
National Museum…Omido-Kannonji…Kaijusenji…JR Kizu Sta.
Course C
required
time 2.5hours
Nara
National Museum…Jindoji…Kanimanji…JR Hosono Sta.
Kintetsu Shinhosono Sta.
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Planning: Ocha no Kyoto DMO
Host Company: Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.
E-mail: kyoto-chiiki@or.knt.co.jp
Since tea was brought to Japan from China, Kyoto and Minamiyamashiro have improved their tea production technology, and have produced matcha, which is used in tea ceremonies, sencha, which is widely drunk today, and is widely used worldwide as a high-class tea. It produced the well-known “Gyokuro”. This region has a history of producing a wide variety of top-quality teas for about 800 years, leading the development of Japan's tea drinking culture, including the tea ceremony, which is a characteristic Japanese culture, from the production and tea production aspects. It is the only place where representative examples such as unique and beautiful tea plantations, tea wholesalers, and tea festivals, etc., which have been handed down to the present while preserving the scenery of each stage of development, are preserved in excellent condition.
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