Oharano
Lying south-west of the old city of Kyoto and on the slopes of Mount Oshio, Oharano is the scene of an imperial procession and a hunt in the Royal Outing chapter of The Tale of Genji. |
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Wisteria blooming outside
Shoho-ji temple. |
When the capital was moved from Nara to Nagaoka in 784, the Fujiwara clan invited their tutelary god to move to a new shrine at Oharano. The god accepted and entered the capital riding on the back of a deer. |
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A stone deer in the Oharano Shrine
courtyard. |
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Oharano Shrine. |
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The pond at Oharano Shrine. |
Yoshimine-dera temple and Jurin-ji temple are also in the Oharano area, southwest of Kyoto. |