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Ousmane Sembène, the Senegalese filmmaker who died last spring at age 84, was African cinema's founding father. More than that, Sembène was a political organizer, a novelist, a self-taught intellectual, and the celluloid equivalent of a traditional taleteller, the village griot.
Film Forum's two-week retrospective includes Sembène's nine featuresthe New Wave character studies (Black Girl, Faat-Kiné), comic neo-realist allegories (Mandabi, Xala, Guelwaar, Moolaadé), and long-view period dramas (Emitai, Ceddo, Camp de Thiaroye). One might regret that Sembène never realized a film version of his 1960 novel God's Bits of Wood, a teeming first-hand account of the late '40s Dakar-Niger railway strike. Still, taken as a single epic work, his oeuvre evokes centuries of West African historya backdrop for characters drawn from all classes of Senegalese society and vividly played, mainly by non-professionals.
Sembène, a longtime Communist who received his film education in Moscow, redeemed the hackneyed Soviet concept of the People's Artist. Beginning with Black Girl (1966), a stark, inventive portrait of colonial displacement, each of his movies has a developed agendaand, gregarious as these essentially popular films are, they never condescend to their audience. Sembène's final film, Moolaadé(2005), has to be the most richly entertaining movie anyone has ever made on the subject of female genital mutilation.
Film Forum's retro opens with the 1974 Xala, Sembène's greatest popular success, a scathing satire of post-colonial Senegal's pompous Francophone elite. Sembène had already taken a swipe with his absurdist parable Mandabi (1968), in which a self-satisfied naïf is swindled by a succession of smooth businessmen, any of whom might easily have been Xala's protagonist. This time, a Mercedes-driving entrepreneur, inanely proud that even his drinking water is imported from Europe, treats himself to a third wife and is cursed with impotence. Nor is that all: Xala ends when the bounds of bourgeois privacy are breached by an invasion of "human rubbish," or those whom Sembène's contemporary Frantz Fanon called "the wretched of earth."
It's hard not to read Xalaas an attack on Sembène's ideological enemy, Senegal's poet-president Léopold Senghor, the first African elected to the Académie Française and the philosopher of Négritudea neotraditionalist aesthetic that a red (or red, black, and green) griot like Sembène would naturally consider essentialist, ahistorical, and romantic. Sembène's cinema is fundamentally critical. His characters, however individualized, personify social forces. His Senegal is a land of conflict and contradiction. In Guelwaar (1993), civil strife nearly breaks out when a Catholic is mistakenly buried in a Muslim cemetery. But, even when violent, Sembène's films are characterized by a distinctive serenitytypically staged alfresco with the action framed in tranquil middle long-shot.
Sembène's boldest political statement, strategically set in the 16th century, was Ceddo (1977), a film that implicates Africans in a slave trade that is further facilitated by hypocritical white Christian and totalitarian black Muslim missionaries. "Your Allahwhoever he isyou keep him," a villager suggests, before an imperious little imam topples the local ruler and forcibly converts the populace. Like many of Sembène's films, Ceddo takes the form of an ongoing argument; it's filled with speeches that in their fulsome metaphors suggest a form of collective poetry.
Xala was heavily censored by the Senghor government; Ceddo was banned outright. It was 10 years before Sembène made another movie, Camp de Thiaroye (which then had the distinction of being banned in France for exposing a particular colonial atrocity). Not until Senghor was two decades out of office did Sembène make a wholly "positive" movie about Senegal. Faat-Kiné (2000), named for its female subject, celebrates a woman's mature, postcolonial achievementthe heroine manages a Dakar gas station and lives in a beautiful home decorated with portraits of Pan-African leaders. Her mother may be a devout Muslim, but Kiné's religion is self-sufficiencyindeed, born the year that French rule ended, she is the embodiment of an independent Senegal.
Delightful as its heroine may be, Faat-Kiné is the least of Sembène's films; his characters thrive on resistance, as did he. (Each shoestring production surely has a marathon backstory.) Sembène, who as a young man in Paris knew Ho Chi Minh, was formed both by the struggle against French colonialism and, as a soldier in World War II, the struggle to defend it. No less than Fanon, he pondered the psychology of the colonizer and the colonized. Black Girl is not only a definitive but a still-fresh essay on the subject, and Sembène returned to it twice in more epic form.
Both Emitai(1971) and its crypto sequel, Camp de Thiaroye (1987), are set during World War II and, re-creating specific incidents, show French colonial forces operating in virtual Nazi mode. Emitai, the most experimental of Sembène's films, has the French authorities forcibly drafting and otherwise brutalizing African villagers. Animism provides one means of collective resistance; the feisty village women are another. But neither is sufficient to thwart the machine. Frustrated by this peasant recalcitrance, the French and their Senegalese soldiers massacre all.
In Camp de Thiaroye, African soldiers returning home from Europe are barracked behind barbed wire until they can be demobilized. Their lone officer is one of the most sympathetic of all Sembène characters, an enlightened French-educated Catholic and aspiring writer, whose ardor for the colonial motherland is undeterred even when he learns that his parents died in an Emitai-like village massacre. This supremely rational man is forced into leadership when French commanders try to cheat his men out of their wages and they retaliate by taking a general hostage. The denouement is as inevitable as it is bloody.
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STALLINGS, N.C. — An overnight fire burned down a golf clubhouse in Stallings.
Officials say it started shortly after midnight Thursday at the Emerald Lake golf course clubhouse. As smoke billowed from parts of the clubhouse, people who live in the area have their theories on what may have happened.
"Either something caught on fire in the kitchen or fireworks. There were a lot of fireworks going on around here last night," said resident Lynn Leflore.
The fire did not spread to nearby homes and no one was hurt. Investigators say it is too soon to tell how the fire started.
"When fire crews got here, they found the clubhouse full engulfed," said Deputy fire marshal Jon Williams.
Williams said crews worked throughout the morning to put out the blaze.
"It's been an ongoing effort of suppression during the whole night. This is a large building so it takes more manpower than larger buildings do," said Williams.
People who live in the community say there were several families still awake late Wednesday night celebrating the holiday, but shortly after midnight all of that changed.
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The unfortunate reality is that race cars seldom enjoy retirement. If they aren't destroyed in a crash and hauled off for scrap, most wind up parted out. It's a hard life, no doubt about it. Fortunately there are a few people out there who are willing to give an old race car a second chance.
Roger McQueen gave this Miller Cup Mustang FR500S a new life when he purchased it and brought it to the East Coast to use as a track car. Tagged by Ford as the FR500S, this Mustang is a factory-built racer that was produced by Ford in 2007 and 2008. Seventy five examples were offered at $75,000 each, specifically to be raced in the eight race Ford Racing Mustang Challenge as part of the Miller Cup racing series.
Performance-wise, the cars were built to a spec just below the full-zoot FR500C Boy Racer factory car that competes in the Grand Am Koni Challenge. The front suspension is upgraded with two-way adjustable dampers, along with adjustable sway bars on both the front and rear. Four-piston Brembo brakes are installed on all four corners, and an FIA-spec rollcage protects the driver, who is belted into a Sparco racing seat. Lightweight Lexan supplanted the factory glass, and the front splitter and rear wing are not there only for looks.
That all sounds great. Underhood, however, a nearly stock, naturally aspirated Three-Valve 4.6-liter engine resides. Sure, Ford upgrades things a bit with a Bullitt cold-air kit, Borla headers, and an X-shape crossover, but the power still tops out at a relatively pedestrian 325 hp. In a spec series like the Miller Cup, where everyone has the same thing under the hood, that can make for some great fender-to-fender racing, but for track-day fun, Roger wanted a bit more punch.
Of course, Roger wanted to keep the naturally aspirated feel of the car intact. He brought the car to Ford performance specialist Pro-Dyno in Fort Mill, South Carolina, where owner Dan Desio put together an upgrade package designed to help the FR500S amplify its original feel on the race track. On top of that, Dan retained the car's Ford factory heritage by using mainly components chosen from the Ford Racing Performance Parts catalog. It's as if Ford decided to produce the FR500S+.
Among the upgrades are new heads, a new intake, and a 66mm throttle body from FRPP, as well as camshafts custom ground by Comp Cams. Previously tuned at Pro-Dyno, it was producing 299 hp at the rear wheels when this build began. After it was all said and done, power production was upped to 342 hp, but that hardly tells the whole story. Power is significantly improved in the usable rpm zone from 4,500 rpm all the way to 6,500. The mods also extended the redline by 200 rpm from stock to help the car stretch its legs on the track just a bit more.
Because these are all catalog components (the cams are a custom grind but Pro-Dyno sells them regularly), these same improvements are easy to be had for any Three-Valve 4.6 Mustang--street or track. Plus, this makes an excellent foundation that will really respond to power adders, such as nitrous or a turbo, that can be added in the future.
Horse Sense: The Mustang Challenge series is over, so these days Ford Racing's latest turnkey Mustangs--the Boss 302Rs--compete in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.
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What you're looking at it is a 17,000 push-pin mosaic mural, a product of three revisions and a total of two and a half semesters of work. The final revision took a whopping two months of work by the CIS Student Association at the University of the Fraser Valley, and it's currently sitting in the Student Computing Center over there.
17,000 push-pins, wow -- impressive work! And, whether you like the piece or not, I think we can all agree that these kids should be expelled for ganking office supplies.
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This summer, Google is launching the Google Journalism Fellowship, recognizing that behind many blue links on Google "is a journalist and that quality journalism is a key ingredient of a vibrant and functioning society." The eight fellows started off with a week-long visit to Miami, hosted by Knight Foundation.
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WHAT: More than 200 BGE employees, along with their friends and families, will participate in the 6th Annual Football Tournament to benefit United Way. As part of the 2014 United Way employee pledge campaign, the event aims to raise $10,000 or more.
Since inception, employees have raised and donated more than $50,000 to United Way through the annual football tournament. For the 2013 campaign year, BGE and its employees have donated more than $4 million to United Way in support of the communities in which BGE employees live, work and serve.
This is a family-friendly event and open to any spectators who may want to watch teams battle for the coveted trophy and bragging rights among colleagues. In addition, Emerging Leaders United, United Way of Central Maryland's young professionals group, will be hosting a tug-of-war competition at half-time. Teams of young professionals from companies across central Maryland will compete in the tug-of-war event.
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BGE's corporate citizenship aligns with that of its parent company, Exelon Corporation. As part of Exelon's merger in March 2012, Exelon and its subsidiaries have committed to maintain charitable giving of an average of $7 million per year in Maryland, including BGE's service area, for the next 10 years.
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All women want it: That shapely, sculpted, and defined butt we see in the magazine ads for cellulite cream. Closets full of skinny jeans and miniskirts have us focused more than ever on lifting, tightening, and shaping our behinds.
"It's beautiful to be symmetrical," says Pilates guru Siri Dharma Galliano, who helped Carrie-Anne Moss get her sculpted buns to play Trinity in The Matrix movies.
"Round is nice; square isn't so nice. It's an aesthetic thing," says Galliano, owner of Live Art Pilates in Los Angeles.
Yet our glutes do more than just help us look good in our clothes. The butt consists of three main muscles: the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus. They work together to help us move our legs in all directions. Because they're connected to the hips, the lower back, and the legs, strengthening the glutes can help to stabilize the back, says Galliano.
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"If you're a 45-year-old mother of two and you start doing glute exercises, you're not going to look like a 20-year-old woman who's never had kids," says Maryland-based fitness trainer, speaker and consultant Jonathan Ross.
Fat cells the body has deposited around the hips and thighs are less responsive than in other parts of the body, Ross explains. "Progress is still possible. It just takes a lot of i dotting and t crossing when it comes to nutrition and exercise," he says.
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Aerobically, walking hills is a great butt workout. Indoors, use a 5% to 7% incline grade on your treadmill, says Michele Olson, PhD, CSCS, exercise physiologist at Auburn University in Montgomery, Ala.
Climbing stairs is another great choice for working the glutes. Find a stadium, or use a stair machine, elliptical, or arc trainer to help define the butt. For variety, dust off those inline skates and hit the pavement.
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While we won't know for absolutely certain until the final release version of iOS 4.1 for iPhone arrives sometime this week (maybe Wednesday), it's looking like HDR photography will be exclusive to iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4, and not available for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS users.
HDR photography requires separate 3 pictures be taken as simultaneously as possible -- regular, overexposed, underexposed -- and then combined together and tone mapped to produce the final image. iPhone 4 with its Apple A4 chipset and 512MB of RAM certainly takes photos much faster than iPhone 3GS. Traditionally Apple would rather not provide a feature at all than do it poorly on older hardware (e.g. no 15 fps video recording on iPhone 3G), so is this just another case of that?
There are HDR apps that work on older iPhones, though not in the same, speedy, integrated way as the built in iOS 4.1 version.
If it does indeed turn out there's no HDR photography for you, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS owners, does that seriously harshen your iOS 4.1 mellow? Or are bug fixes, TV rentals, AVRCP Bluetooth, Game Center, and the other features enough to keep your childlike sense of wonder intact?
I as a 3G owner am less excited about the features and more excited about the bug fixes. It is painful to wait for directions when your traveling, or embarrassing when trying to input somebody's number. Thank you apple, although I still think I'm gong to put a premium just for offering a free show to you is ridiculous. I guess they are testing the stupidity of the customers, I hope I pass.
I wouldn't even call this true HDR anyways. My guess is it's fake HDR, by adjusting the brightness on two of three photos. If it's not a true exposure then it won't look as nice
They did something on the iOS 4.1 for iPhone 3G that made it much faster, so I'm happy for now.
I tried to jailbreak, since it seemed possible using redsn0w and the 4.0 firmware, but I got some very weird problems, the phone app vanished and Cydia was empty.
Since the only thing I missed on the jailbreak was the ability to toggle lock orientation (iPhone 3G can't access it without multitasking enabled), I think can live without it until the iPhone 4 arrives here at Brazil.
As much as I would like to have it available on the 3GS, it won't be a deal breaker for iOS 4.1 for me. But, it would be nice to see on a future release. I have been using iOS 4.1 since the first beta release (developer license), and now up to the GM release. It seems to be stable and pretty snappy on my 3GS.
@Tweger01 that doesn't seem to be the case, I saw pictures where one of them had a wall totally white, just by reducing the brightness wouldn't bring it to its original color.
Even though it is a downer not to have it, I'm expecting Game Center more than this feature.
Photography is something essential, but not the most important. Entertainment is (at least for me:D)
@ Rene Ritchie
I don't think HDR works for iPod touch 4. I think it's an iPhone 4 only feature. from what I've heard, that seems to be the case.
Tech equipement get outdated. Why should Apples products be any different? I own a 3GS and as soon as AT&T let's me I'll get the latest model of iPhone. No crying here.
Why do you keep saying that HDR will be available on the iPod Touch 4? According to Cnet, its camera is too low of quality to support this feature. See http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20015394-1.html
What about the fact that GameCenter is missing on the 3G but is available on the 2G touch? I think that omission is worse.
@Tis Probably was disabled on 3G by Apple because the camera can't take pictures as fast as the 3GS or the i4, tho.
It's probably more that the iPhone 4 has the backside sensor which allows more light in - consequently allowing for faster shutter speeds. If the shutter speeds is much longer when hand-holding HDR photos, you will introduce a blurry or mis-aligned processed photo.
I've noticed a bunch of apps that require 4.0, yet most 3G friends won't download 4.0, or had to go back, because it slowed their iPhone down too much. Let's hope 4.1 really improves this.
ill be upset if i dont get this on my 3GS, but i already have apps which will do a nicer job (and allow me to edit the photo more) than the camera app will.
Well, the bug fixes are the most important, but it'll be a bummer if the 3GS doesn't get HDR. It was the only new feature I was looking forward to. Like Christopher, I have an app that does a better job, though it's more work.
"Apple would rather not provide a feature at all than do it poorly on older hardware"...
Being an iPhone 3G user facing sévère performance issues, i feel allowed not to believe such a sentence.
ProHDR does a great job, so I don't care. I am one of those people who love Apple products but hate the company that makes them :)
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"I wouldn't even call this true HDR anyways. My guess is it's fake HDR, by adjusting the brightness on two of three photos. If it's not a true exposure then it won't look as nice"
Who cares you idiot! It's a phone not a DSLR! Well my guess is halibalu flabidu, SHUT UP!


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On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:56 PM, angiebaby said:
I pray you will one day meet Lenny. For me it was a dream come true!
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Selena_BK said:
Hello Kristy!! I hope all is well with you!!! LLR
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Adored the film"Looking back on Love"!!!! So profound!! Enjoyed having a peek into the everyday life of a genius:)....praying he finds a wonderful Godly woman to share his life with,my heart goes out to him because you can tell he longs for a deep love that he(as well as everyone)deserves <3
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Happy Friday Kristy!! What an EXCITING week for Lenny Fans with the release of "Looking Back On Love"! Have you seen the movie yet? What do you think? Please share on the Forum. It would be great for the Lenny Fam to discuss. Have a WONDERFUL weekend!! Blessings from New Orleans! :)
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Hello! And welcome to the site.
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You're welcome!! LLR
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...HE is my refuge and strength!! Greetings Kristy! Sending you a BIG HELLO from New Orleans! Welcome to the site. May HIS Grace and Mercy be upon you. HIS purpose for Lenny is so much MORE! Let Love Rule :)
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Hello Kristy!! Welcome to the site!! Waving to you from NYC!!! God loves to give us the desires of our hearts. I pray His will for you will be done!! Let Love Rule
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welcome and I also believe God has blessed Lenny with pure talent!
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Kyoto Guide: Kyoto City Attractions Things to Do And See In Kyoto 京都Kyoto Gosho | Nijo Castle | Shimogamo Shrine | Gion | Pontocho | Nishiki Market | Kyoto International Manga Museum | Honganji | Shosei-en Garden | Toji | Sanjusangendo | Kyoto National Museum | Shisendo | Kiyomizudera | Jishu Shrine | Yasaka Jinja | Chion-in | Nanzen-ji | Philosopher's Path | Honen-in | Ginkaku-ji | Heian Jingu | Shugakuin Rikyu | Sekizanzenin | Myomanji | Takaragaike | Ryozen Kannon | Ryozen Museum of History | Byodoin | Botanical Gardens | Daitokuji | Kinkakuji | Kitano Tenman-gu | Tojiin Temple | Ryoanji | Myoshinji | Daikakuji | Ninnaji Temple | Katsura Rikyu | Fushimi Inari | Gekkeikan Sake Brewery | Tofukuji Temple | Tenryuji Temple | Katsura Rikyu | Eiga Mura | Shinsengumi | Kibune | Kurama | Miho Museum | Eat & Drink | Kyoto Hotels | Kyoto Temples Kyoto is the tourist jewel in Japan's crown and a must-see destination for most visitors to the country. Japan's capital from 794 to 1868, Kyoto boasts literally thousands of historic Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines as well as some of Japan's most beautiful gardens and palaces. Although now a modern city of 1.5 million inhabitants, Kyoto remains a center of traditional Japanese art and crafts, culture and cuisine. Set in a picturesque basin surrounded by green, wooded hills, the city of Kyoto is designed on a distinctive grid pattern, copied from Xian in China, and is easily accessible from Tokyo, Nagoya, Hiroshima or Osaka by shinkansen 'bullet' train. Kyoto's beauty lies in the microcosms of its temples, shrines, festivals, gardens, cuisine, crafts, clothing and culture rather than in set piece architecture, civic squares and plazas. Built in wood since the 8th century, Kyoto has evolved and changed over the centuries and continues to do so. Ravaged by fire and war over time, Kyoto has rebuilt and reinvented itself many times over. The haiku master Basho possibly best sums up the atmosphere of Kyoto with his words: "Though in Kyoto, I long for Kyoto." Thus, Kyoto is as much about you and your reaction and feelings to this unique city as the place itself. Enkoji Temple & Garden, Kyoto Central Kyoto AreaBook Hotel Accommodation in Kyoto HereHostels in Kyoto - Hostelworld.com Kyoto Gosho PalaceKyoto Gosho is Kyoto's historic Imperial Palace. Situated in the north of the city, Kyoto Gosho is perhaps the most pleasant park in the city. The restored, predominately nineteenth century Palace itself is somewhat disappointing, but the lovely park is immense and filled with groves of cherry and plum trees. The Imperial Household Agency in the north west corner of the park is where you need to go to get permission to visit the interior of the Gosho and Katsura and Shugakuin Rikyu Palaces. Nijo-jo CastleNijo Castle was built in 1603 as a luxurious fortified residence by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Surrounded by massive walls and a moat, Nijo Castle is famed for its lavish painted screens from the Kano school and the "Nightingale" floor that "chirps" when you walk on it (to warn of possible intruders). Also notable is the beautiful garden. The Inner Castle was destroyed in 1788, during one of the Tenmei Period (1781-1788) fires that ravaged the mostly wooden city of Miyako (Kyoto). Nijo-jo remained unused from then until 1862. In 1939 the Imperial Family donated the site to the city of Kyoto; it was opened to the public the next year. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. An early visit is recommended to beat the crowds. Recently, it has been used as the site for many film shoots. Shimogamo ShrineShimogamo Shrine dates from the 17th century. The site of the shrine occupies a narrow strip of wooded green north of Keihan Demachiyanagi Station in north central Kyoto. Kyoto's famous Aoi Matsuri festival originates at Shimogamo Shrine. Aoi Matsuri, a period costume procession, takes place each year on May 15, moving from Shimogamo Shrine to its sister shrine Kamigamo Shrine a few kilometers directly to the north. The Shimogamo shrine grounds consist of some fine, brightly colored, vermillion, wooden buildings and are a peaceful place to stroll throughout the day or night. The shrine hosts a popular New Year celebration and other Shinto ceremonies throughout the year. Aoi Matsuri Festival at Shimogamo Shrine Shinsen-en Temple bridge, Kyoto Gion: Antique RowShinmonzen Dori ("In front of the new gate street"): Shinmonzen Dori is home to many antique shops. From tiny mom-and-pop shops filled with knickknacks or incense or laquerware to huge stores that have samurai gear, massive tansu (dressers), dolls hundreds of years old, byobu folding screens, kimono, and more. From the Keihan-Sanjo train station, leave exit 1. Once out of the exit, walk back a short bit and then turn right (the bus stop and a shopping plaza will be directly in front of you on the other side of the street). Walk about 20 meters and then turn right onto Yamato-oji (Nawate) Street. Walk down this street - which also has quite a few antique shops - until you get to Shinmonzen, which is the second corner. Turn left. The shops selling traditional Japanese crafts go on until Higashioji Dori. Gion: Shirakawa DoriThis is perhaps the most beautiful street in Kyoto. The telephone polls - bane of much of Japan and, in particular, ancient Kyoto - have been buried. What is left is a lovely streetscape of wooden teahouses and restaurants with tiled roofs. Willow trees line the Shirakawa River. It is several blocks farther down from Shinmonzen Dori. Pontocho: KawadokoThese are the decks that go up every year behind the restaurants along Pontocho. The decks extend out the back of the restaurants on top of stilts and face the Kamo River. They add extra seating and provide one of Japan's only outdoor dining experiences. They are put up every year at the beginning of May and are in use until September. Very, very popular. Unless you have a reservation, you will probably have to wait. However, it is worth it. After a long, hot day of sightseeing or work, a cold beer and dinner under the stars with the river running below and the hills floating in the distance - fabulous. Nishiki Food MarketNishiki Food Market is a colorful covered arcade running parallel to Shijo dori and is a must-see for lovers of Japanese food. In existence since the seventeenth century Nishiki, with over a hundred vendors, is one of Kyoto's main fish and vegetable markets and is a great place to pick up Kyoto's famed pickles (tsukemono), green tea, Japanese cooking knives or dried fish to take home as souvenirs. Higashi-Honganji & Nishi-Honganji TemplesThe Jodo Shinshu sect temples of Higashi & Nishi Honganji are a short walk north of Kyoto Station. Higashi-Honganji is the largest wooden structure in Kyoto and one of the largest wooden buildings in the world. Not spectacular but worth the walk. Of more interest is the more ornate Nishi-Honganji opposite. The narrow streets between the two temples contain many stores selling incense and Buddhist artefacts. Free Admission. Kyoto Station. Tel: 075 371 5181 In the early 17th century, the first Tokugawa Shogun Ieyasu, fearing the great wealth and power of the Jodo-Shinshu sect, engineered a rift in the Buddhist school and built Higashi-Honganji to rival its neighbor Nishi-Honganji. The present buildings (which are undergoing renovation), date from 1895 after the original structures were destroyed in repeated fires. The money for rebuilding in the 1890s was raised from contributions from followers throughout Japan and include 50 huge ropes made from human hair, examples of which can be seen inside the temple. Nishi-Honganji is the mother temple of Shinshu-Otani sect. The Founder's Hall, The Amida Hall and the Founder's Gate are the main buildings in the temple precincts and all contain priceless Buddhist images and statues. Late November sees 1000s of the sect's followers descend on Kyoto to remember the words and teachings of the sect's founder, Shinran (1173-1262). Shosei-en GardenKyoto's Shosei-en Garden is a traditional Japanese formal garden affiliated with its much larger neighbor to the west, Higashi Honganji Temple; both are part of the Shinshu Otani-ha sect of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. The garden is a ten-minute walk from Kyoto Station, and two blocks from the aforementioned Higashi Hoganji.Shosei-en Garden is thought to have been built in the ninth century on the Heian Period site of Prince Minamoto Notoru's mansion. Minamoto was the son of the Emperor Saga. In 1641, Tokugawa Ieyasu granted the land including the garden to nearby Higashi Honganji. Two years later, the leaders of Higashi Honganji commissioned Ishiyama Saijo to design and construct a garden. This is what became Shosei-en.Fires in 1858 and 1864 burnt the walls and interior structures to the ground. They were thereafter restored, and in 1938 designated a National Historic Site. Within the grounds, there are several tea houses, a large pond, a small waterfall, many stone lanterns, and trees and plants that are in bloom throughout the year. 500 yen. Kyoto Station. Tel: (075) 371-9181 Toji TempleThe elegant pagoda of Toji Temple can be seen from the Shinkansen (bullet train) as you come into Kyoto. It is a short subway ride south of Kyoto Station. Toji Temple, dates from 794, is known for its high pagoda tower (the tallest in Japan) and for its lively flea markets on the 21st of every month. Get there very early for the best buys. Yanagihara Ginko (Bank)This is a site that you will not find in any official guide to Kyoto. The former bank, constructed in the late 19th century, was founded to serve Kyoto's outcaste community, or Burakumin (literally, "village people") whose ancestors performed "unclean" work and could not get loans at other banks at the time. Their work would have included anything to do with corpses, leather, animals, etc. Though ethnically Japanese with no visible or linguistic sign of being different, the Buraku are known primarily by the neighborhood in which they are born and raised. In spite of aggressive affirmative action--that includes hiring preferences, economic stipends, housing allowances, the construction of upscale public bathhouses, and more--initiated in the 1960s, those who live in Dowa Chiku (the latest euphemism, which translates roughly as Same Harmony Area) remain at the bottom of the Japanese economic ladder. The bank, now closed, was slated for demolition in the 1980s. It was saved and today houses a collection of shoe workers tools and historical documents on the first floor, and, on the second floor, historical documents related to nearby Sujin Elementary School. For an excellent portrait of contemporary Buraku life, Patrick Smith's Japan: A Reinterpretation contains a chapter that is as good a place as anywhere to begin.From Kyoto Station, go out the North central exit and walk east one block to Kawaramachi Street. Go north (away from the train tracks). The Museum is on the right. (If you continue walking north you will come to a block full of low-end shoe stores, which in Kyoto is a clearly understood sign.)Tel: 075-371-8220; open 10-4:30 except on Mondays, national holidays, and the second and fourth Saturday of the month. Sanjusangendo
The spectacular Sanjusangendo Temple, established in the twelfth century, houses 1001 carved wooden statutes of Kannon - the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy - set in ranks in the main hall. Sanjusangendo is a short bus ride east from Kyoto Station (buses #100, #206 & #208). On January 15 each year a competition of Japanese archery - kyudo - is held outside the hall. Eastern Kyoto AreaShisendoShisendo itself is a hermitage that was established by Jozen Ishikawa (1583-1672), a scholar, soldier and landscape architect. Following his withdrawal from samurai service, in 1615, he devoted the rest of his life to studying Chinese classics. In 1641, when he was 59, he built what is now known as Shisendo - a Zen Buddhist temple of the Soto sect.. Kiyomizu DeraThe hugely popular Kiyomizu Temple is a must for most visitors to Kyoto. The main hall is built out onto pillars. The effect is that of a deck reaching out from the foot of the mountain. The original Kiyomizu Temple dates from the eighth century. After visiting the temple, wander around Sannenzaka, a small shopping street lined with traditional shops and wooden houses. You can follow this road as it winds its way down to Gion - the traditional pleasure and Geisha quarters of the city. On the way is Yasaka Gojonoto, a five-story pagoda. Jishu JinjaJishu Shrine is a small shrine tucked away behind Kiyomizudera Temple that even though very small in area, receives an unusually large number of visitors. The reason is that Okuninushi-no Mikoto is enshrined here and he is the god of love and marriage. The deity's messenger is the rabbit. The shrine does a brisk trade in Omamuri (amulets) that promise to help "for love knot", "for good marriage", "for love chance". If you don't want to spend any money, you can try out the Love Stones (koiuranai no ishi), a pair of rocks set in the ground about 6 metres apart. If you can successfully walk from one stone to the other with your eyes closed you will be lucky in love. Of course, if you don't succeed you can always buy an Omamuri. The shrine was built by Shogun Iemitsu in 1633, and is an unusually colorful and busy site. Yasaka-jinja ShrineClose to Gion, the brightly painted Yasaka-jinja Shrine is one of the city's best known landmarks. Inside is a pleasant garden - a popular spot for cherry-viewing parties - hanami - in the Spring along with near-by Maruyamakoen. The center of town (Shijo-Kawaramachi) is a short walk away. Yasaka-jinja is the host shrine of Kyoto's biggest festival - Gion Matsuri in July and at New Year attracts literally millions of worshippers for hatsu-mode - the first shrine visit of the new year. Also reputedly popular among Geisha themselves. The buildings date from 1654 and were built on the order of the shogun of the day. Chion-in TempleHeadquarters of the Jodo sect of Buddhism and built in 1294 on the site where the founder Honen fasted to death, the massive Chion-in is also home to the largest bell in Japan, weighing some 74 tons and cast in 1633. The impressive interior is both immense and ornately beautiful. Spacious grounds covering 14.5 ha. spread into the surrounding hills. The temple contains many art treasures including an illustrated biography of Honen, designated as a 'National Treasure'. Nanzen-jiRightly famed for its autumn colors on the hills of Higashiyama, the Nanzen-ji Temple complex can be extremely busy with visitors in the Fall. The approach to this Zen temple is lined with cedars and vegetarian tofu restaurants. One of Nanzen-ji's many sub-temples, Konchi-in, contains a beautiful dry stone garden by Kobori Enshu. It is possible to eat shojin-ryori Buddhist vegetarian cuisine, complete with beer, in some of the temples. Philosopher's PathPhilosopher's Path or Philosopher's Walk (tetsugaku-no-michi is a small cherry-tree lined canal flowing from Ginkaku-ji to Nanzen-ji past Honen-in and Eikan-do and numerous cafes and craft shops. The name of the path refers to the philosopher Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945), the founder of the so-called "Kyoto School of Philosophy", who would often walk along this pleasant route. The path is magnificent in spring for the cherry-blossom season and is a popular stroll at night at this time of year. Honen-inWalking north from Nanzen-ji on the cherry-tree lined 'Philosopher's Walk' you will pass Eikan-do, a small temple famed for its statue of Amida and then the small, peaceful Honen-in Temple at the foot of Mount Nyoigadake, with its tranquil carp pond and freshly raked sand garden. Established in 1680 to honor Honen, the founder of the Jodo sect, the temple is especially worth visiting in april for its cherry blossoms and again in the Fall for its magnificent maples. Ginkaku-ji (The Silver Pavilion)Restraint, elegance, wabi sabi. Ginkakuji is perhaps the pinnacle of Japanese artistic expression. Best known for its stone gardens (built to reflect the moon) and simple buildings, the fifteenth century temple was originally a villa for the artistic Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, a poor ruler in a time of conflict and instability but a great patron of the arts. Located at the end/beginning of the Philosopher's Walk, Ginkakuji is discussed in detail in Donald Keene's book, Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul in Japan.Admission Fee. Keihan Demachiyanagi is the nearest station though a bus or taxi from there will save you a long walk or alternatively bus #5 from Kyoto station. Heian Jingu ShrineIn the area close to the National Museum of Modern Art, which was designed by Pritzker Award winner Fumihiko Maki, the National Museum of Fine Arts and a huge vermilion torii, is the Heian Shrine. Heian Shrine is a scaled-down reproduction of the original Imperial palace built in 794. The shrine was first built in the late nineteenth century and the present wooden structure dates from 1979. Free Admission to the shrine precincts, charge for the gardens at the rear. Higashiyama Subway Station (Tozai Line). Shugakuin Rikyu Imperial VillaIn northeast Kyoto, in the foothills of Mount Hiei, the gardens of the seventeenth century Shugakuin Rikyu Imperial Villa are a superb example of shakkei or "borrowed scenery". Advanced permission is required from the Imperial Household Agency to join a group tour. Free Admission by appointment. Shugakuin station (Eiden Line) or bus #5 from Kyoto station. SekizanzeninOn the road leading to Shugakuin Rikyu Imperial Villa take the left hand turning about 200m from the entrance and follow the signs to one of Kyoto's hidden gems - Sekisanzenin. The entrance to this 9th century temple is marked by a concrete torii on the right. The temple has a marked walking trail in its hill-top garden which takes in a relaxing carp pond. The temple is well known for its stunning autumn leaves and occasional flea-markets. Myomanji TempleThe Nichiren Buddhist Myomanji far to the north of the city has wonderful views of Mount Hiei. There is a concrete copy of the famed stupa at Bodh Gaya, India, where the historical Buddha gained Enlightenment and a graceful statue of the Buddha within. Myomanji has pleasant grounds of raked gravel to take in the fine views from the steps of the main hall. TakaragaikeTakaragaike is a pleasant man-made irrigation lake in north Kyoto, dating from the 18th century, when it was built to supply a steady supply of water for the area's ricefields. Now there is pleasure-boating, a jogging track, cherry-blossom viewing in season and fine views of Mount Hiei. Nearby is the Kyoto International Conference Center (Tel: 075 705 1234), built in 1996, where the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change was negotiated in 1997 and the luxury Kyoto Takaragaike Prince Hotel. Ryozen KannonRyozen Kannon, located within the grounds of Kodaiji Temple, is a 24-meter concrete image of the Goddess of Mercy built in 1955 to honour the dead of World War II, both Japanese and Allied soldiers. Visitors can enter the body of the statue to see the enshrined Eleven-headed image of Kannon. Within the precincts is an altar containing soil from every Allied cemetery from the Pacific theater of World War II. Byodoin TempleFeatured on the Japanese ten yen coin, this exquisite temple is actually in the city of Uji next east from Kyoto city. Built in 1052 by the Regent Fujiwara Yorimichi (a 'regent' being one who governed in the name of the Emperor), it has one of Japan's few remaining Pure Land Buddhist gardens, characterized by a 'natural' layout. It is dominated by the Phoenix Hall built to house the Amitabha Tathagata image of the Buddha. Byodoin Temple houses numerous national treasures, including the Phoenixes after which the Hall is named, and the sole remaining Buddhist statues from the 11th century: the 52 Worshipping Bodhisattvas on Clouds, to name but two. As well as being able to enjoy its beautiful grounds, the visitor can visit the temple museum and see the establishment's treasures in a computer-graphically reproduced interior of the Phoenix Hall. Western Kyoto AreaKyoto Botanical GardensOpened in 1924 to commemorate the enthronement of the Emperor Taisho, Kyoto's Botanical Gardens are the oldest in the country with over 12,000 plants from over a 1000 species. It features both European and Japanese-style gardens, and with its many cherry trees is the place to visit in spring. The conservatory has recently been rebuilt and expanded requires a separate admission fee of 200 yen, although a combined admission of 250 yen is available. The riverside location is a pleasant place to relax and picnic. DaitokujiDaitokuji is a functioning Zen temple complex in north west Kyoto. The compound is a city within walls made up of 24 sub-temples. Of particlar note are the small sub-temples Daisen-in and Koto-in for their lovely gardens. Kinkakuji Temple (The Gold Pavilion)Kinkakuji is perhaps the most well-known temple in Japan. The main pavilion is covered in gold leaf and shimmers in front of a pond. The current building only dates to 1955. The ancient original was burned to the ground in 1950 by a disgruntled priest. The incident was immortalized in the Yukio Mishima novel - The Golden Pavilion. The wooded grounds are extensive. Kitano Tenmangu ShrineKitano Tenmangu, established in the tenth century, is the patron saint of students, who flock here from all over the country to pray for success in examinations. The shrine is a must-see if you are in Kyoto on the 25th of the month when a huge flea market (known as Tenjin-san to the locals) takes over the grounds of the shrine. Kitano Tenmangu is also famous for its plum blossoms which can be seen in their full glory usually in February or early March. The shrine was built in honor of poet and scholar Sugawara no Michizane, who fell out of favor wuth the ruling Fujiwara clan and was exiled to Kyushu. Tojiin TempleLocated at the foot of Mount Kinugasa in the northwest of Kyoto, Tojiin Temple was the ancestral temple of the Ashikaga shoguns. Toji-in was founded in 1338 by Lord Takauji Ashikaga, who had the renowned landscape designer Soseki Muso create the gardens and ponds on the grounds. The garden at Tojiin is divided into an eastern part ("Shinji-chi") and western ("Fuyo-cho, or Lotus Pond). At the northern end is a tea house with a thatched roof, which was built by the shogun Yoshimasa. The garden contains many camellias, Japanese maples, and other species to mark the seasons. Ryoanji TempleRyoanji Temple houses the most famous Zen rock garden in Japan arranged in the kare-sansui (dry landscape) style. Founded in 1450 the temple grounds also include an interesting wooded garden and pond. A bit further along the road is Ninnaji Temple, with extensive grounds and an imposing five-storey pagoda. Myoshin-ji TempleHeadquarters of the Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect, Myoshinji is a vast, imposing Zen temple complex south of Ryoanji consisting of over forty sub-temples including the beautiful gardens of Taizo-in and Kano school paintings at Reiun-in. The temple also has Japan's oldest bell, which was cast in 698. Myoshinji Temple, Kyoto Daikakuji Temple Lake Daikakuji TempleDaikakuji Temple on the western outskirts of Kyoto, to the north of Arashiyama, was originally an Imperial villa of the Emperor Saga, later becoming a temple in the ninth century. The temple contains paintings from the Kano school of artists from the 15th to 18th centuries. The surrounding Osawa Lake (Osawa no ike) was once used for boating by the Emperor and a reproduction of a royal boat can be seen. The tranquil lake and parkland adjoining it are perfect for a stroll or lazy picnic and the nearby farmland is dotted with ancient tumuli. Ninnaji TempleNinnaji Temple was founded in 886 by the Emperor Uda. For decades prior to that, it had served as a summer home for the Imperial Family, which would use it to escape the summer heat of the more centrally located Kyoto Gosho Palace. Uda served as head priest for thirty years; he was then succeeded by his son. This practice of having an Emperor's son act as head priest at Ninnaji lasted until the Imperial Family left for Tokyo in 1869. The present buildings date back to the 17th century. The 33 m, 5-storey pagoda was built in 1637. The temple grounds contain ancient late-flowering cherry trees for which Ninnaji is particularly well-known. Ninnanji is the Omuro school head temple of the Shingon sect. Katsura Rikyu Imperial VillaThe Katsura Rikyu Imperial Villa was completed in 1624 and for the last 100 years has been a shrine for foreign architects. The Villa is stunning in its simplicity. Permission from the Imperial Household Agency is required for entry. Northern KyotoKibuneThe main attraction in the village of Kibune is Kibune Shrine, an ancient shrine that was established long before the city of Kyoto. The long stone stairs flanked by vermillion lanterns are impossible to miss. The other attraction in Kibune is a unique dining experience, kawadoko, where you eat seated on platforms suspended just above the fast flowing waters of the Kibune river in any one of the village's picturesque ryokan. One establishment serves nagashi somen, a type of thin noodle served cold. The interesting part is that the noodles are delivered to you via a bamboo chute... you grab at the noodles with your chopsticks as they zip by. KuramaBoth Kibune and Kurama make for a cooler, mountain escape from Kyoto city in the hot summer months. From Kibune you can take the trail up the sacred mountain of Kurama (around 90 minutes as an easy stroll or much less for the more active), to the village of Kurama and Yuki Shrine, the home shrine of the famous Kurama Fire Festival (hi-matsuri) held on 22 October. Young men parade through the streets with huge torches as the whole district is turned in to a sea of fire. Also Kurama dera is a pleasant mountain temple not far from the station and the hike to the main building takes you through a forest of giant crytomeria sugi trees or take the cable car to the top. Kurama is also associated with the tengu legend of long-nosed forest goblins, according to the myth the warrior Yoshitsune Minamoto was trained in swordmanship by the Kurama tengu. Kurama also has a pretty onsen, with excellent mountain views, on your right as you walk up the road from the station. South Eastern KyotoFushimi Inari Taisha Shrine
Fushimi Inari Shrine is famous for its thousands of closely-spaced orange torii gates that wind over the hills of Inariyama beyond the entrance to the shrine. Inari shrines honor the patron deities of agriculture and business, ensuring a constant stream of worshippers and the individual torii are donated by merchants hoping to get ahead in business. You will notice dozens of small statues around the shrine of the fox (kitsune) - the messenger of Inari. Tofukuji TempleTofukuji Temple is a massive complex that was founded in 1236 and built in the ensuing decades. It has been plagued by fire on many occasions: it was destroyed in 1319, 1334, and 1336, and burned again in the 15th century. Eat and DrinkKyoto is justifiably famous for its food (kyo-ryori), especially its haute cuisine known as kaiseki, which developed to accompany the tea ceremony. Restaurants in Kyoto have a good reputation and the city has become something of a food center, attracting not just new Japanese restaurants but also a wide range of international cuisine ranging from Italian to Indonesian. After a hard day visiting temples and shrines there are many good bars, cafes and clubs in Kyoto to relax and unwind. Kyoto mapView Kyoto Map in a larger map Book Hotel Accommodation in Kyoto JapanHostels in Kyoto - Hostelworld.com Books on Kyoto Japan |


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