{"id":325,"date":"2014-06-02T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/japan.atlanteans.net\/?p=325"},"modified":"2014-06-05T20:03:59","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T18:03:59","slug":"japan-2014-day-9-japon-2014-jour-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japan.atlanteans.net\/?p=325","title":{"rendered":"Japan 2014 Day 9 \/ Japon 2014 Jour 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Final day in Kyoto area and final group excurstion, this day were three sites to visit in Kyoto before spending the afternoon in Nara.<\/p>\n<p>So we started this day with the Nijo-jo castle, secnondary residence of the shogun Tokugawa, that we could discover both from outside, but also for a good part inside. One of the most famous thing being the anti intrusion system of the time, with the &#8220;nightingale&#8221; floor. The wood pieces are made and placed in such way that any movement or just placing your feet on would make noise, that would alert of your presence. We could also see the various area and meeting places of this castle.<\/p>\n<p>Then we continued for another famous site, which is the Golden Pavillion, which was also built by a former shogun, which in the end of his life became a buddhist, and then made this shrine been constructed. Though the original work burnt it has been rebuilt, but the garden surrounding it are still the same as they were back then.<\/p>\n<p>And to conlude this morning, before ucnh we went for a small peak of the imperial palace, though the emperor family is in Tokyo they still come here on many occasions and ceremony, this is why you provide some information before entering and are tighly monitored during the visit. We then had lunch in a Japanese restaurant before continuing to Nara.<\/p>\n<p>In Nara were two stops, the first was the great buddha statue in the todai-ji temple the tallest buddha that is made of Bronze and is really tall, this statue is enclosed in a temple that also feature a pillar in which there is a hole at the ground level, where lot of Japanese wait to try and go through it. It is said to be the same size as Buddha&#8217;s nostril, and that if you can go through you will get to the heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Final stop was the Kasuga-Taisha shinto shrine, this shinto place is famouse for it&#8217;s numerous lanterns both in stone and hanged out from the shrine ceiling itself. There are thousands of them. This temple is dedicated amongst other to the thunder god. We then went back to Kyoto from where we departed in the end of the day. To prepare everything for our day of tomorrow and trip back to Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/114773392268686655181\/albums\/6019878126286365553?authkey=CMrCl4bi6r6T6AE\">https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/114773392268686655181\/albums\/6019878126286365553?authkey=CMrCl4bi6r6T6AE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dernier jour dans la r\u00e9gion de Kyoto et derni\u00e8re excursion en groupe, ce jour nous sommes all\u00e9 visiter trois sites dans Kyoto avant de passer l&#8217;apr\u00e8s-midi \u00e0 Nara.<\/p>\n<p>Nous avons donc commenc\u00e9 cette journ\u00e9e avec le ch\u00e2teau de Nijo-jo residence secondaire du shogun Tokugawa que nous avons pu d\u00e9couvrir \u00e0 la fois de l&#8217;ext\u00e9rieur de de l&#8217;int\u00e9rieur. Une des choses les plus connues et le syst\u00e8me anti intrusion de l&#8217;\u00e9poque avec le plancher &#8220;rossignol&#8221;. Les morceaux de bois sont fait et plac\u00e9es de sorte que le moindre mouvement ou le simple fait d&#8217;y placer le pied fasse un bruit qui alerterai de votre pr\u00e9sence. Nous avons pu aussi voir les diff\u00e9rentes zones et salles de rencontre de ce ch\u00e2teau.<\/p>\n<p>Nous avons ensuite continu\u00e9 pour un autre lieu fameux qui est la Pagode Dor\u00e9e, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 construite par un ancien shogun qui \u00e0 la fin de sa vie est devenu un fervent moine boudhiste, and fit construire ce temple. Bien que l&#8217;original ai br\u00fbl\u00e9, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 reconstruire, mais le jardin l&#8217;entourant lui est rest\u00e9 tel quel depuis cet \u00e9poque.<\/p>\n<p>Et pour finir cette matin\u00e9e, avant le d\u00e9jeuner, nous avons pu avoir un petit aper\u00e7u du plais imp\u00e9rial, bien que la famille de l&#8217;empereur r\u00e9side \u00e0 Tokyo, ils viennent encore ici en de nombreuses occasions et c\u00e9l\u00e9brations, c&#8217;est pourquoi il est n\u00e9cessaire de fournir des informations sur nous m\u00eame avant de pouvoir y entrer et que les groupes sont suivi de pr\u00e8s durant leur visite. Nous avons ensuite pris notre d\u00e9jeuner dans un restaurant japonais avant de continuer vers Nara.<\/p>\n<p>A nara nous avons fait deux arr\u00eats, tle premier \u00e9tant la grande statue de Budha dans le temple de Todai-ji. Ce dernier est le plus grand r\u00e9alis\u00e9 en bronze et se montre impressionnant, cette statue est situ\u00e9e \u00e0 l&#8217;int\u00e9rieur d&#8217;un temple qui dipose aussi d&#8217;un pillier particulier, dans lequel il y a un trou au niveau du sol, au c\u00f4t\u00e9 duquel de nombreux japonais font la queue, pour essayer d&#8217;y passer. Il est dit que ce trou fait la m\u00eame taille que la narine de Boudha et que si l&#8217;on passe au travers on pourra atteindre le Nirvana.<\/p>\n<p>Notre dernier arr\u00eat du le temple shinto Kasuga-Taisha, celui-ci est connu pour ses innombrables lanternes \u00e0 la fois de pierre \u00e0 l&#8217;ext\u00e9rieur que celle suspendues aux plafonds. Il y en a des milliers. Ce temple est d\u00e9di\u00e9 entre autre au dieu du tonnerre. Nous sommes ensuite revenu \u00e0 Kyoto pour pr\u00e9parer notre journ\u00e9e ainsi que le voyage de retour \u00e0 Tokyo de demain.<\/p>\n<p>Photos :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/114773392268686655181\/albums\/6019878126286365553?authkey=CMrCl4bi6r6T6AE\">https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/114773392268686655181\/albums\/6019878126286365553?authkey=CMrCl4bi6r6T6AE<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/japan.atlanteans.net\/?p=325\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final day in Kyoto area and final group excurstion, this day were three sites to visit in Kyoto before spending the afternoon in Nara. So we started this day with the Nijo-jo castle, secnondary residence of the shogun Tokugawa, that we could discover both from outside, but also for a good part inside. 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