My Rating: 8.0 / 10
As you can see, Byoudoin is in the pocket of every person here in Japan. The temple has been minted on every 10 Yen coin in the country. Other than that, though, I'm not sure what's so special about the place.
Apparently there's a phoenix hall inside that's pretty awesome, but when I went 5 years ago it was closed, and it was closed again today. So, that makes this place not all that great in my opinion. If the main attraction is always closed, it doesn't make it much of an attraction.
Anyways, the temple itself was pretty nice. I snapped a few photos and bounced.
The temple was backlit so the best photo was a silhouette with an exposure of the sky reflected in the water. That was the best photo according to me, I mean.
Seeing as I couldn't enter the pheonix hall to see what that was all about, I took the phoenix on the top of the temple.
The dynamic clouds made for a really nice photo of the roof, pheonix, and sun all together.
Other than that there's not much of a story to tell for this place. The temple is nestled in a small town called Uji, which is arguably one of the best places in all Japan that grows green tea. The 10 minute walk to the temple from the train station is filled with green tea shops that are perhaps more interesting than the temple itself.
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