Byodoin, Uji

Beautiful palace and a lot less touristy than many of the other sites in Kyoto! It’s also a great place to see the fall colors. You can go in the Phoenix hall for 300yen (though we had to wait 90 minutes to get in, but you can walk around the palace grounds until your time to enter comes) but it is a single room with a ~15 minute long presentation purely in Japan. While an impressive place to see, I’m not sure it’d be worth it for those who don’t speak Japanese.

It is a very nice place to learn history of one of the oldest temple in Japan. They have museum which explains about Buddhism history and old Chinese related history. While enjoying Spring or Autumn, both seasons are the best for visiting. To enter the Phoenix Hall with Japanese only guidance, you have to pay 300 yen more at the inside. Since coronavirus, the queue line is almost 1 hour because very famous.

Visited with friends in April. Pretty good place for chilling. Phoenix is the warrior that protect this place. It’s also a bird so it could fly any where to spread our happiness and good fortune. In terms of that, they decided to put on 10yen coin. Place to pray for next life as well if you believe.

this is the building which is also printed as the front of the japanese 50 yen coin, this park is huge, there is a museum within the premise, admission is free, however, strictly no picture no video inside the museum, must pay a visit to this park, as you may take out the 50 yen and take picture with this building.

It is a peaceful place filled with the sacredness of the ancient artifacts "Minamoto no Yorimasa", who is the ancestors built as a legacy for the local people. I can concentrate calmly and firmly. I am very pleased and impressed to have the opportunity to visit this place. If there is an opportunity, I will return to visit again.