Seimei Shinto shrine in Kyoto

Seimei Shinto shrine

I went to the Seimei Shinto shrine. Seimei Abe is the great Yin Yang fortune-teller who is the most famous by the Heian era.

The relation with the water.

There is the well at Seimei Shinto shrine.The name of the well is called Seimei-i. The water of the well is famous in Kyoto. Rikyu Sen who was famous for tea ceremony did tea ceremony with the water.

pentagram

The God crest of Seimei Shinto shrine is pentagram. Pentagram expressesthe basic concept of the Yin Yang method which is the work of fire, soil, money, water, tree.

Because pentagram resembles a bellflower, pentagram is called the bellflower mark. A bellflower blooms in the precincts. The bellflower blooms until about September. The bellflower is very beautiful.

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Adress : 〒602-8222　京都市上京区堀川通一条上ル806　 map

How to get there : get on the city bus(no.9) from Kyoto Station.get off at "I一條戻り橋 chijo-modori-bashi" Bus Stop.And It is two minutes on foot.

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