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  • Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
  • Japan Foundation
  • Japan Tourism Agency
  • Nikkei Inc.
  • The Yomiuri Shimbun
  • The Asahi Shimbun
  • Doshisha University
  • Morihei Butai Kikou Co. Ltd.
  • Sansei Yusoki Co. Ltd.
  • Shiseido Corporation
  • Ito Architects and Engineers Inc.
  • Roland Foundation
  • LEC INC.
  • Kume Sekkei Co. Ltd.
  • Kotobuki Seating Co. Ltd.
  • Taisei Corporation
  • Urban Formative Architect and Associates
  • Research Institute of Architecture Inc.
  • Suntory Holdings Ltd.
  • Victor Arcs Co. Ltd.
  • TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
  • Soai University, Department of Music Management

Updated 2011.9.21 / By NK

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Chion-in Sanmon (640x480, type=image/jpeg, 166.8 KB)

Chion-in Sanmon
Chion-in (知恩院)in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto is the headquarters of the Jodo Shu (Pure Land Sect) founded by H?nen (1133?1212).The original temple was built in 1234 by H?nen's disciple, Genchi. The Sanmon gate at the entrance to the temple is the largest of such gates in Japan. The "seven wonders" of the Chion-in is well-known.For example,the wasuregasa (“forgotten umbrella," located above the front verandah of the Mieid?), the uguisubari-no-r?ka (“singing nightingale hallway," located in the Mieid? and Sh?ed?’s connecting corridors) and so on.
links: wikipedia, wikitravel, Chion-in web site