A Quiet Kyoto Day Trip to Kurama-dera 🇯🇵 | Birthplace of Reiki

Most travelers in Kyoto head straight for Fushimi Inari or Kiyomizu-dera. But just one hour from the city, there's a quiet mountain temple almost no one outside Japan has heard of. Kurama-dera (founded 770 AD) is known in Japan as: 🌿 The birthplace of Reiki — the healing art was received here by Mikao Usui in 1922 ⚔️ A samurai training ground — young Yoshitsune is said to have learned swordsmanship from the tengu 🐯 A rare temple guarded by tigers instead of the usual lion-dogs ✨ Home of a hexagram "power spot" said to be one of Japan's strongest ───────────────────────── 📍 Our route Kyobashi Sta. → Keihan Line (Premium Car) → Demachiyanagi → Eizan Line → Kurama Sta. → Kurama-dera → over the mountain → Kifune Shrine ───────────────────────── 💬 Have you ever tried Reiki? Or heard of tengu before this video? We'd love to read your thoughts in the comments. ───────────────────────── 🇯🇵Welcome to Mr & Mrs Japan! We're a Japanese couple living in Osaka, sharing our real everyday life with you. New videos every week ✨ ───────────────────────── 🎵 Music : Original ───────────────────────── #Kyoto #Kurama #KuramaDera #Reiki #KifuneShrine #JapanTravel #KyotoDayTrip #HiddenJapan #JapanVlog #SlowLiving #japanlife