自転車で龍谷ミュージアムへRyukoku Museum, a museum wholly devoted to Buddhist artifacts and history, recently opened in Kyoto.
The three-story museum plus basement is the brainchild of Ryukoku University, a private university in Kyoto affiliated with Nishi Honganji Temple.
It is built with an elegant concrete front and wave like bamboo frontispiece.
The Museum is currently holding a special exhibit titled, "Buddha and Shinran," and features 660 Buddhist statues and scriptures from Japan and other Asian countries. It will run until March 25, 2012.
That date coincides with the 750th anniversary of the death of Shinran, the founder of Shin Buddhism.
Information
117 Maruyamachi, Shomen Sagaru, Nishi-naka tsuji Dori
Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8399
TEL: 075 351 2500
Admission is 500 yen for adults, 400 yen for senior citizens 65 and older and for college students, and 300 yen for high school students.
Junior high school students and younger children can get in for free.
Access
Directly across from Nishi Honganji Temple, on Horikawa Dori. A ten-minute walk from Gojo Station on the Karasuma Subway Line, or roughly 15-20 minutes walk from Kyoto Station.
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