Kyoto's Heian-Jingu Shrine

Above, the Tahei-Kaku lake and bridge at Heian-Jingu.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

One of the stops we made during the 2004 G-Tour was in Kyoto's Heian-Jingu Shrine.

Heien-Jingu Shrine was built in 1895 to commemorate the 1,100th anniversary of moving of the capital to the city of Heian.

One of the things I remember most about it was the Tahei-Kaku Lake in the garden area filled with carp and water turtles that our tour group fed along with noisy cicadas all over the place.

The shrine was featured in Lost In Translation (2003).  It is here that Scarlett Johannson walked across a pond on stepping stones.

Happy Traveling Kyoto has an interesting write-up on the Heian-Jingu Shrine along with photographs.

To view it, go here.