{"id":1016,"date":"2007-12-03T23:44:12","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T04:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2007\/12\/03\/miyajima-daishoin-temple\/"},"modified":"2008-09-28T13:45:26","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T17:45:26","slug":"miyajima-daishoin-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2007\/12\/03\/miyajima-daishoin-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Miyajima: Daishoin Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Daishoin Temple on the lower slopes of Mt. Misen was founded by Kobodaishi in 806 and is the headquarters of the Omuro Branch of Shingon Buddhism.<\/p>\n<p>The temple can be reached by climbing a very long staircase.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinsteps.jpg' alt='Temple Steps' \/><\/p>\n<p>Or you can avoid most of the steps by following a winding path lined with Buddhas.<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinbuddhapath.jpg' alt='Buddha Path' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinbuddhapath2.jpg' alt='Buddha Path' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinbuddhapath3.jpg' alt='Buddha Path' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinbuddhapath4.jpg' alt='Buddha Path' \/><\/p>\n<p>Either way, passing through the temple gate reveals that it is crowded with worshipers.<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinentrance.jpg' alt='Entrance' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinworshipers.jpg' alt='Worshipers' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinworshipers2.jpg' alt='Worshipers' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinbuddha1.jpg' alt='Buddhas' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinbuddha2.jpg' alt='Buddhas' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinbuddha3.jpg' alt='Buddha' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinship.jpg' alt='Ship' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishointanuki.jpg' alt='Tanuki?' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoincourtyard.jpg' alt='Courtyard' \/><\/p>\n<p>The temple is surrounded by a forest of maple trees.<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/daishoinmaples.jpg' alt='Maples' \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/category\/japan-vacation\/?order=asc\">All Entries For This Trip.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daishoin Temple on the lower slopes of Mt. Misen was founded by Kobodaishi in 806 and is the headquarters of the Omuro Branch of Shingon Buddhism. The temple can&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2007\/12\/03\/miyajima-daishoin-temple\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan-vacation","category-japaneseculture","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1695,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions\/1695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}