My Kind of Kyoto, a website on Japan's most important historic city.
Ojogokuraku-in. The ceiling of the building is shaped like an upside-down
bottom of a boat so as to accommodate a big Buddhist image in this rather
small building. The ceiling and walls of the building was painted colorfully
but are now stained by smoke of incenses and candles so that the paintings
are barely seen.
November 16, 2001