I visited the temple on the back of the 10 yen coin.
Byōdō-in/ Byodoin Temple/ 平等院
Tag: buddhism
Daegu Lantern Festival
After dinner we headed to Duryu baseball park to get a spot for the festival. The lantern festival is in celebration of Buddha's birthday, and kicks off the celebrations a bit early. (The date for Buddha's birthday changes depending on where you are, in Korea it's the 8th day of the 4th month of lunar [...]
조계사- Jogyesa Temple
조계사 is a Zen Buddhist temple in Seoul that was established in 1395. It's surrounded with 500 year old Locust and Baeksong trees (Korean White pines), one of the locust tress is over 85 feet (26 meters). One of the white pines (Baeksong trees) is a natural monument. Around the temple are also a lot of buddhist [...]