Vous ne pouvez pas aller au Jardin enchante juste comme ca. Vous devez le meriter. Ca demande un long processus, de la perseverance et un petit peu de courage. Vous devez postuler 7 jours a l'avance, envoyer votre demande en japonais, sur une carte postale disant pourquoi vous voulez visiter, ensuite, vous attendez la reponse des moines. Vous avez besoin d'une adresse au Japon, les moines n'ecrivent pas a l'etranger. Quand c'est fait (facile, hein?) et que vous avez votre rendez-vous, vous devez participer a la ceremonie zen au temple. Ce qui veut dire, rester assis une demi-heure a la maniere zen, sur vos genoux, psalmodier les sutras, prieres, avec les pretres (vous pouvez lire sur la feuille fournie en japonais, facile), ecrire un sutra avec de l'encre et un pinceau en japonais (lequel? Facile) et ecrire votre voeu, vos noms et adresse (ca, pour le coup, c'est facile).
Mais ca vous donne l'opportunite devoir de pres une ceremonie bouddhiste et je dois dire que c'est assez envoutant.
Quand c'est fini, les moines vous conduisent au Jardin enchante et vous laissent vous balader autant que vous le souhaitez. Tout le jardin est couvert de mousses, des dizaines de differentes especes et c'est ce qui en fait un Jardin enchante. Il y a la un etang qui a la forme de la lettre "coeur", des dizaines de petits ponts et de ruisseaux...
Saiho-ji ou Koke-dera est dans la banlieue sud-ouest de Kyoto. vous devez marcher une demi-heure depuis la gare et trouver le temple cache parmi d'autres (les panneaux sont en japonais, bien sur). Mais ca vaut la peine et si jamais vous allez a Kyoto, ne ratez pas la visite du Jardin enchante...
You can't go to the Enchanted Garden just like this, you have to deserve it. It takes a long process, determination and a little courage. You have to apply 7 days ahead, in Japanese, on a postcard, saying why you want to go and wait for an answer from the monks. You need a Japanese address, they don't send answer overseas. When it's done (easy, isn't it?) and that you have your appointment, you must attend to the Bouddhist ceremony at the temple. Which means sit in the zen way for half an hour, chant the sutras with the priests (you have them on a sheet of paper, written in Japanese, easy), write a sutra in Japanese with ink and a paintbrush (which sutra? Easy), and write our wish, your name and address (the really easy part).
It gives you the opportunity to see a real Bouddhist ceremony and I must say it's quite bewitching.
When it's over, they lead you to the Enchanted Garden and allow you to wander in as long as you want.
The whole garden is covered in moss, thousand of different ones. And that's what made it an enchanted garden. There is a pond in the shape of the letter for 'heart', little bridges and streams everywhere...
Saiho-ji or Koke-dera is in the south-west suburb of Kyoto. You must walk for half an hour from the railway station and find your way to the temple which is hidden amongst some others (signs in Japanese, of course).
It's worth the whole process, if you ever go to Kyoto, don't miss the Enchanted Garden...
Mais ca vous donne l'opportunite devoir de pres une ceremonie bouddhiste et je dois dire que c'est assez envoutant.
Quand c'est fini, les moines vous conduisent au Jardin enchante et vous laissent vous balader autant que vous le souhaitez. Tout le jardin est couvert de mousses, des dizaines de differentes especes et c'est ce qui en fait un Jardin enchante. Il y a la un etang qui a la forme de la lettre "coeur", des dizaines de petits ponts et de ruisseaux...
Saiho-ji ou Koke-dera est dans la banlieue sud-ouest de Kyoto. vous devez marcher une demi-heure depuis la gare et trouver le temple cache parmi d'autres (les panneaux sont en japonais, bien sur). Mais ca vaut la peine et si jamais vous allez a Kyoto, ne ratez pas la visite du Jardin enchante...
You can't go to the Enchanted Garden just like this, you have to deserve it. It takes a long process, determination and a little courage. You have to apply 7 days ahead, in Japanese, on a postcard, saying why you want to go and wait for an answer from the monks. You need a Japanese address, they don't send answer overseas. When it's done (easy, isn't it?) and that you have your appointment, you must attend to the Bouddhist ceremony at the temple. Which means sit in the zen way for half an hour, chant the sutras with the priests (you have them on a sheet of paper, written in Japanese, easy), write a sutra in Japanese with ink and a paintbrush (which sutra? Easy), and write our wish, your name and address (the really easy part).
It gives you the opportunity to see a real Bouddhist ceremony and I must say it's quite bewitching.
When it's over, they lead you to the Enchanted Garden and allow you to wander in as long as you want.
The whole garden is covered in moss, thousand of different ones. And that's what made it an enchanted garden. There is a pond in the shape of the letter for 'heart', little bridges and streams everywhere...
Saiho-ji or Koke-dera is in the south-west suburb of Kyoto. You must walk for half an hour from the railway station and find your way to the temple which is hidden amongst some others (signs in Japanese, of course).
It's worth the whole process, if you ever go to Kyoto, don't miss the Enchanted Garden...
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