 お昼ご飯を食べた後は三十三間堂へやって来ました。夫が私の実家に来るたび京都の有名神社・仏閣を訪れるので、最近はねた切れぎみ。でもここはまだ来たことがありません。After the lunch, we went to Sanjūsangen-dō (meaning the hall with thirty three spaces between columns, describing the architecture of the long main hall of the temple). My husband already visited many of famous temples/shrines in Kyoto, so I am running out of places to visit with him.. But this was the first visit to this temple for him. |
 ここが本堂。国宝とは知りませんでした。This is the main hall - the national treasure. |
 この本堂は横にすっごく長くて、この中に金色に輝く観音様が1001体安置されています。This mail hall is very long (120 m), and inside are 1001 golden statues of Kannon (the bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists). |
 中に一歩入るとものすごい数の千手観音が!!圧倒される眺めです。よくみるといったいいったい、微妙に表情が違います。まあ、作者が違うので当たり前といえば当たり前ですが。ちなみに中は写真撮影禁止です。It was an amazing view inside - soooooo many statues! They were constructed in the 13th century or earlier. By the way, it is forbidden to take pictures inside so we don't have pictures (my husband took this one by accident...). |
 この門を入ったところは毎年新年に大的大会という江戸時代の「通し矢」にちなんだ弓道の大会会場になっています。Every year in January a popular archery tournament known as the Tōshiya is also held here on the same grounds since the Edo period (inside this gate). |
 その後、京都駅まで戻って来てイノダコーヒ (最近初めて知ったのですが、"コーヒー"ではなく、"コーヒ"です) で休憩。Then we went back to Kyoto Station, and took a rest at Inoda Coffee. |
 ミックスサンドを注文しました。ハム、卵、野菜の3種類。野菜には大昔から変わらずホワイトアスパラガスが入っています。おいし。We ordered the sandwiches with ham, egg salad and vegetables. Yum. |
 ひとつ残念なのは、いまだに喫煙席があること。一応禁煙席があるのですが、喫煙席との間に何の仕切りもなく、煙がもくもくとこちらに漂ってきます。この点だけはアメリカのレストランの方がいいですね。完全に禁煙ですから。I come to this cafe since I was a kid, so I really like this cafe, but only thing I don't like is that they still have the smoking area - you can smell smokes even when you sit at one of the non-smoking tables!! I wish they will become the smoke-free cafe in the near future. |
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