🇯🇵Kyoto Secreto: Del Jardín Zen de Ryoanji a los 10,000 Torii de Fushimi Inari de Noche ⛩️
So, we already have our ticket. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, from wherever you are in the world at whatever time you’re watching me. How exciting! Every step we take brings us closer to one of the most enigmatic and fascinating places in all of Japan, Rionji Temple. Spectacular. And right there, right next to it, there was a phrase that I find incredible. Let’s go there. I’ll show you, I’ll show you everything. Hello, my name is Andrés, and I decided to travel the world with you, discovering new sites and places. So join me. This is Auma discovering. [Music] Kyoto is a city that breathes history, and this path is like a journey back in time. Did you know that Rivji means temple of the tranquil dragon? What a powerful and breathtaking name . Originally an aristocratic villa during the Heyan period. The site was converted into a Sen temple in 1450 and belongs to the Miyoni school of the Rinsai sect of Sen Buddhism, whose main temple is located just 1 km south. But this isn’t the most incredible thing. We’re heading to Verin, the most famous in the world. Yes, in the world. If the floor is covered with those pebbles, with those little stones, and there are already several places where the stone is completely crushed from so many tourists who come and so many active Japanese who come here to visit this temple, which is spectacular. [Applause] [Applause] So, there’s a little bridge here. The most beautiful thing about Cuco. It’s kind of cute, pretty. Yes. Yes, the little bridge. It reaches here. This is a little bridge . We’re going to try to go where these are in large numbers before it was born. They’re super pretty. And if you see that there are stones up there, people are putting stones on them. Let’s see if we can take advantage of doing everything we have to do today. There are a lot of things. I think it was very bold of me to want to do this in just one day. Last time I did it in four, four or three, I can’t remember. Yes, I think it was three. The temple has this beautiful pond to walk around, one of the oldest in Kyoto. Everything here is designed to find harmony and serenity. Let’s walk a little faster. I’ll tell you that all this was built at the end of the 15th century. Can you believe it? All this wisdom, this search for enlightenment has been showing its beauty to those who come for centuries. So let’s find this incredible set of stones and let’s sit down, take a deep breath, and let this garden speak to us without words. Today we’re not just visiting a historical site, today we’re concentrating on the essence of Sen philosophy. This is pure happiness for the soul. We have to take off our shoes. But it’s truly spectacular. [Music] Arigató. Then 10 11 6 8 [Music] take off your shoes, leave them here, and there it is. And we leave. It’s spectacular. I love it. No, don’t think this is it. No, no, no, it’s not big. That thing there is in miniature , and they come every day, and I’m not bad at all. They come to comb it. Look at it, it’s spectacular. This place is a beauty. It’s an expanse of only 250 m² of meticulously raked white gravel with 15 rocks arranged in groups. I’ll give you a magical fact: From any angle you look at it, you’ll never, ever be able to see all 15 rocks at the same time, inviting you to move or simply accept that the whole picture was never yours. Many experts say this is a metaphor for life, that we can’t see the whole picture from a single perspective and that there’s always something beyond, something beyond our reach. The garden teaches you to find beauty in incompleteness and simplicity. It’s an unsolvable puzzle, designed to free the mind, not stress it out. It’s said that the garden doesn’t represent anything in particular. However, I was told it was a dragon in a lagoon, and its name, the tranquil dragon, would make sense. The beauty lies in the response your own mind creates. It’s an invitation to meditate, to empty yourself of thoughts, and simply zero. What do you think? Can you see anything? Well, I won’t bore you with this anymore because I could seriously stay here for hours. So, look how the rooms on that floor below are made of tatam, which is made of a plant fiber. The floors are usually soft, smooth. That’s why traditional Japanese rooms are usually like this, and the futon is placed on top. The futon is a not-very-thick mattress, more or less like this. You’d think it would be incredibly uncomfortable to sleep on that, but I’ve slept on a futon, and they’re super comfortable. If you see, look, that’s the dragon. It’s the dragon that’s the walls and the water. You can see it has spines. So that’s the dragon here. See? Yes, you can see it very clearly. It’s very clear where the dragon is. Well, I would think that one over there, that one over there, that’s the head. Let’s see if it’s time to show. This is the dragon’s head, and it moves this way. There are people who believe that’s the head and that it moves this way. And if you see that next to each stone there’s a circle, exactly as if you were going into the water, you start to see ripples like that. So, super. Who else? Thanks to everyone who’s subscribed to the channel. Thanks to you, I can continue doing what we’re going to do. Thank you. Well, living here. How wonderful. And if you really can’t sit here for hours, spend the day, spend the afternoon, I’ll take you to my favorite place. What we’re looking at is a sucubai, and this one in particular is my favorite. A famous stone fountain, shaped like ancient Japanese coins. It’s used for ritual purification before entering tea ceremony rooms and sacred spaces, especially Buddhist temples. This fountain, with deep symbolic meaning, is located in the northern garden of the doyo, of the main building behind the priest’s chambers. It’s recognizable because it’s located below, which compels visitors to bow in a sign of humility. The water constantly flows from a bamboo cane and represents purification and impermanence. Engraved in the stone are four kanji characters with a central square resembling the character for mouth. Ware yo, tada solo taru, enough, shiru know, which when combined forms the phrase waretada taru shiru, which translates as “He who learns to be content alone is spiritually rich,” while “He who doesn’t learn to be content is spiritually poor, even if he is materially rich.” The phrase conveys an anti-materialist message, reflecting the Buddhist idea that one already has everything needed to be happy and should be content with current knowledge and positions, that we need absolutely nothing else. That’s why, personally, I interpret it as, “I know that I alone am enough.” I love it. It took me a lot of work to learn that, to learn to be content, because if you’re not content, you’re screwed. Sometimes we have to give ourselves those moments to dedicate ourselves to ourselves, to our personal happiness. But if the place is wonderful, wonderful. Then we already know what learning is like here. So, now we’re going to take off our shoes and continue the tour. I think my battery is going to die here in no time. Let’s turn around here and we’ll leave on this side. Yes. Look, that’s the stone that was made with clay in boiling oil. Boiling oil. Boiling is boiling or de-oil, boiling oil. I have no idea how that’s done. You handle clay in boiling oil. I don’t know what that’s like. I don’t know if they’ll pour the clay and then pour boiling oil on it. Maybe. I don’t know, honestly, I have no idea. I don’t want to act smart. I’m just believing how it should be , or imagining how it must have been, because we’re also talking about people who left several centuries ago, many centuries ago. I mean, more or less they were creating walls here with boiling clay and more or less like Christopher Columbus was arriving or had just arrived in America. Do you want to go gossip? Do you want me to gossip there? I want to show you a place. If it’s this one, yes, yes, it’s this one. Look at this. Because there’s no grass there, it’s just moss. If you see how the moss becomes beautiful. It’s spectacular. This place is beautiful. That place. So, sometimes you can take advantage of it and they tell me, “No, but the grass doesn’t grow because the soil is too wet, because it rains too much, because I don’t know, xyo z.” Look, It has a perfect option. And if you see, all this isn’t money; it’s all muscle. Why? Because the grass grows for us because of the number of trees, but there’s humidity and moss. And I don’t know if you like it or not, but I think it’s wonderful. If you don’t like it, let me know in the comments. Of course, I prefer regular grass. Yes, the grass is beautiful to walk on, but under certain circumstances, because the truth is, the sun doesn’t get in. So, if the sun doesn’t get in, I do think the solution is perfect. Ah, it looks beautiful. It looks super beautiful. Well, let’s leave this temple now and go to the next one. The next one, the next one. The taxi brought me. If you saw it open the doors by itself, you didn’t see it, excuse me. There’s my taxi. It opens the doors by itself. It closes the doors by itself. The taxi is wonderful. I love it. It’s wonderful, really, with air conditioning, with everything. It’s incredible. It’s super cool. I don’t know why it’s still there, really. Okay. He doesn’t move, or I don’t know if that’s how it was because I don’t know, but he didn’t move until I entered the app, I didn’t rate him. You know that in Uber you have to give this one stars until I started it. He didn’t move from there. Let’s go because they’re incredible. How weird. But anyway, it’s done, I’m here. Let’s go in here before they close this temple. Well, we already arrived at this temple. It’s at 5:00 a.m. This temple is called Nenbuts. And this temple was built by Kukai in the 7th century, and it’s said there are around 8,000 figures carved in stone that represent people, souls in pain, people who died alone. So, interesting. We’ll see why we’re going. It’s a cemetery where they also do funeral things. They did funeral things in their time, but now they throw coins in it too. There are coins. Look, they’re all guiding you, telling you where to do things. The temple is called Adashino Nenbuts, this cemetery is completely different from what we know as cemeteries in Latin America. They are very close to each other. In ancient times, when funeral rites were performed, they left the bodies outdoors and buried them after a few days. Then, you can imagine, they made stone images to honor their passing. In the era of 1868-1912, they gathered all the figures because they chose the figures and buried them. They scattered them all over the site. They weren’t organized, and at that time, they brought them all along with the pagodas. Yes, look. So, along with all that, they commemorated everything and brought almost all of them here. There are 8,000 of them, let’s remember that, scattered about, and between those who took care of this and those who did it and those on the sidewalk, so to speak, they took charge of doing that work to make it look like this. It’s super beautiful, super exciting, super beautiful. [Applause] Back there, I can’t take close-up photos because there’s a sign prohibiting taking photos, but back there, there’s like an enclosure where… Wow, how beautiful. Look at this. Incredible. Super beautiful. Well, let me tell you, there’s an enclosure like a sanctuary. They’re praying to it, they’re not praying to it. Apparently, I would think it’s for children, for babies who died , for premature babies, all kinds of things. The sanctuary is impressive. It’s beautiful, but it touches your soul because there’s a world of gifts, a world of toys, a world of stuffed animals, there are even gift bags with brand-name clothes and things like that. So, I don’t know, that’s a terrible, terrible pain for me. It gives me such a terrible sorrow that you cannot imagine the sorrow that it gives me and that it generates in me like you coming, I don’t know, but I don’t know if you can imagine it, if you can understand me, but it’s like when, I don’t know, it’s like if I were going to have a child and he dies and I decided like a few days later then I would come here to the temple and leave the little things that I had bought for him and the things. It’s something like that. So, the temple is super beautiful, it’s super, there’s a like super practical area, but it’s great for taking pictures. of the bamboo forest. It has like a small area of bamboo forest, But it’s perfect because it’s unoccupied. So I think it’s a really good tip to come and take advantage of the opportunity to take photos because we’re going to the bamboo forest now. And you’ll see how crowded it is. What’s that? It’s something. Yesterday I met a Spaniard who, to a very dear Argentinian who lives in Spain, said to me like, “Look, and he was the one who gave me the tip about this. He said, go to this place that is wonderful because the other one is impossible. The other one is so crowded that it’s impossible to take a picture without 1000 people appearing behind you. So yes, I do know about that place and I do know that it is packed with people. Of course, it’s super Instagrammable, it’s super instagrammable, it’s super wonderful, but it’s exactly the same and it’s busy. So he’s a good guy, it’s good advice. Come to this one, come, come to this one, it’s incredible. And the bamboo area, seriously, is phenomenal. It’s a little scary considering what I told you about the children, the little children’s toys, but the rest is good. If I’m not mistaken, these are the eggs, the cuckoos, where the silkworm larvae grow and look at everything they come up with to do with them. It’s incredible. Down there They show what they look like and then they come out and when they start eating, that’s when it starts to roll like a cotton ball and that’s when they start doing that with their fingers or obviously with the machines nowadays, their fingers and they make the silk threads to make silk fabrics. It’s incredible. And here there’s a wonderful store that I don’t go into because otherwise I’d end up buying everything, you see? And we’re getting to the place. We went through some little streets and we got to this place. We’ll see how it goes. There’s the map. We’ll see where it is, what it’s like. And we got to the bamboo forest. We’re at the top of the bamboo forest. We can walk all the way through it and we got to the bottom. But if you see what I’m saying about the number of people, the difference between this one and the other, I mean, here it’s impossible to take a photo like in the other place, where you can take a photo quietly and without people, but oh well, that’s how it is. It’s super pretty. Ah, it’s super pretty. So I’m going to look and see to go to the other one site, let’s see how we do. But here I’ll introduce you to the place. So, let’s walk around a little more. Let’s get to the beginning of everything. It’s beautiful, really. It’s very beautiful, but it’s full of people. And it’s already time, well, it’s already 5:30 in the afternoon, so people are already leaving, but the light is also going out. That’s the bamboo forest. Welcome. Let’s go to this one, which is the main street. You can also get there this way, which is the most logical. We arrived from the back. If you see the street, it’s super touristy, it’s super well-equipped. It’s full of little shops, little things. Look, even for masks, there’s everything, the little cafe, restaurants, designer shops, personalized shops. This street is really super beautiful. You can get directly to this street and go up where we came from, but you can’t go up there. You see? So it’s another option: you get down here and go up to the top and up to where I arrived, where I showed you the first one. map, there’s the first map of the bamboo forest, there’s another subway station. So you can’t get there this way, or rather, do it the other way around how I’m doing it, or if you’re making the temple, do it in the order I’m doing it. And now we get to the subway and they’re already taking us to the subway to the other side. Okay. Look where we arrived. We arrived, we arrived, we arrived. And at night it’s spectacular. I didn’t imagine this was going to be so beautiful at night. So, today was an all-windy day. The only thing is that the subway has been very expensive today, but it’s not incredibly beautiful. It’s incredible. How beautiful this is. This here is spectacular at night. I never imagined. Let’s see if this is the, if this is the whole situation. They’re making a very, very intelligent move. Get out of there. Well, how beautiful. They’re building here. They’re building a second gigantic tower. If it’s here, they’re building it gigantic. Oh, it’s beautiful. [Music] Now let’s wash our hands as usual and go in. hand, first left, then right, lips and this. Left, right, lips. So let’s go in, let’s see how big the entrance is, how big everything is. But this is beautiful. So at night. If you see, it’s also foxes. They’re those foxes and the bull. Wow. Wow. These are offerings that they’ve given to the people. Wow. The fish over there. I don’t know if they’re offerings. I think they were offerings. Food, fruits, vegetables, saccharine, fish, crabs. And they’re praying, they’re praying at another temple with so many prayers. How wonderful! [Music] No, it’s incredible. Guys, today we had a magnificent day, full of spectacular things. What not? [Music] and [Music] I [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Well, the truth is it’s interesting. I don’t even understand what J is saying, but it is interesting. Well, let’s keep walking for a bit. It’s 6:40. We have to be on the other side of the city in an hour. If you see the place, it’s super photogenic. So now we’re going to get to the foxes. The foxes are gorgeous. Look at the two super imposing ones at the entrance. Look at the size of the park, it’s gigantic, it’s enormous. So, you can spend two and a half hours doing the whole tour, two three hours because that’s super steep, right? Just so you keep that in mind. This temple is beautiful. Yes, here it is . Have you ever had the feeling of walking through a place where time isn’t what it seems? That’s exactly what I feel right now here. In the heart of Fushimi and Nari, when the sun has set and only the whisper of the night remains. Look at this, not just a shrine, it’s a journey. It’s said that it all began in the year 711. Can you imagine? Before Kyoto was even the capital of Japan, this spirit, this energy, already existed. And now, more than 13 years later, we’re here walking the same path that millions of people have trodden. But by day, this is a marvel filled with people. At night, however, it’s something else. That’s when the shrine shows its true face. And look at these gates, the toris. That color isn’t just decorative. This vibrant orange, for Shintoism, is an amulet, a protection against bad energies. It’s the color of fertility, of life. And each of these, approximately 10,000 gates, has a story. Each one was donated by a company, a family, or a business. It’s an offering to Inari, the deity of prosperity, of business success. Who will be the next hero? It’s as if each tori were a wish, a please, or a thank you, frozen in time. If you look closely, the names of those who donated are engraved on the back of each one . Some of these gates are silent witnesses to history. They come from the Edo period, more than 400 years ago. That’s why this path is called Senbontori, the path of the thousand toris. But you see, faith and gratitude are so great that now there aren’t 1,000, but 10,000. And they form this endless tunnel, this orange labyrinth that wound through the mountain and Nari. And the fact that it’s a labyrinth is literal. The paths add up to about 4 km up the mountain. From there, there are food stalls, small shrines, but at night, all of that sleeps. Only the dim lights and the shadows of the gates remain. It’s an almost meditative experience, a little mysterious too. Every curve makes you wonder, what’s ahead? Another identical tunnel, larger toris, or a small stone altar? Or suddenly a hemlock tree inside the undergrowth. The wishes, requests, and blessings one desires have a foxy face. They’re divine. The beauty of this place is that it’s open 24 hours a day. It’s free, and coming at night with a flashlight is the best way to truly experience it without the crowds. It’s as if the mountain and its 10,000 gates were whispering their secrets in your ear. It’s like walking through the veins of history, through a place where business, faith, and nature blend into a single orange pulse. Yes, it was very good. It’s not just a touristy walk, it’s an experience. And truly, feeling this A cool breeze and hearing footsteps under this Tori sky is something I won’t easily forget. So, remember, they can come from her. They can come at night, they can come at any time. At night, it’s spectacular. Let’s see until the next stop. I’m happy with these photos. Oh, such great photos. Now I’m starting to think about spooky things, about scary things. Then, I’m starting to freak out. The bathrooms are already closed. You can hear the water; it’s incredible. Also, if I’m not mistaken, you’re not just paying to set it up, right? You’re also paying rent for the site , and the more expensive the site, the higher the status of your family. Yeah, you know? I mean, some sites are more expensive than others. Size matters too. And you also have to make sure they’re going to last. So, you choose how you want to set it up, you see? But it all depends on you. That’s an expense you have to pay, own it, maintain it, rent the space, it’s all yours, it’s your responsibility to keep it perfect. So, you know, yes, I’m going to say that it’s a Maru Comic Limited company. See? Companies also post their stories. Okay, I have no idea where we are. Ah, okay, we’re here. I mean, we went all the way around here, even like here, we turned back. Now we’re going to continue straight through here to exit here or not exit the way we entered, which is prettier. It’s the river that runs almost to one side, because on one side it doesn’t cross completely. Here’s another one. Here we begin today’s video. Here I end the video of the city, not of the day, but of the city. A city with almost a million and a half inhabitants. It’s super. It’s super beautiful. If you’re ready to run like crazy, like I did, I can help you make the itinerary. But that’s crazy. It’s pretty hectic. I think two days is fine, and you’ve never been here before. Two days is more than fine. Two days, three nights. Well, if you think it’s enough to see the way I saw it, one day is perfect, but it’s a lot of walking, guys, a lot of walking. I do want to tell you to be careful with that because I tend to eat a little fast sometimes. So right now I’m going to count up how many kilometers we walked today. And thanks for joining me to discover Kyoto. It was a complete pleasure. I’m going to look for food, something good, nice, and cheap. This one, but not McDonald’s. I don’t know, you’re lying. Maybe if I see McDonald’s, it’s all McDonald’s. I don’t know. Well, I already told you, the McDonald’s here is delicious, so it’s very strange, but it’s incredibly delicious. So, I’ll leave you for now. I’ll show you the train I got and the reservation I made. I have to pay for my ticket plus the reservation. The reservation cost $3 and the ticket costs 600, which is almost $. I mean, it’s almost $10 in total for the almost hour-long ride. So, it’s not a big deal. It’s not a big deal, besides, these are comfortable seats, and right now I don’t feel like looking for, or begging for, a seat, or standing in a row because someone in third class has arrived, so I have to stand up. I don’t want any of that, I want to be calm, I don’t want to stand, I don’t want any of that sort of thing, I want to be in my chair, in my seat, in my place, calm. So I’m going to eat something before I leave because you can’t eat on the subway. See you later. Bye, bye. That building is impressive during the day. It looked so lonely, like it was empty, like it was abandoned. And look how beautiful it is at night, spectacular. With 1,000 things, the building comes to life. The best. We’re going to be 100% comfortable. It’s so, so extremely charming. I love how comfortable this seat is. I’m happy. It has a little light and everything. It’s great for reclining. Oh, my. I’m already in love with this place. We’ll have to travel like this. I don’t know when we’ll go to Nara. I think in the next few days, I don’t know when, really, but in the next few days we’ll go to Nara and I hope to get a stamp like that for… We’ll see, we’ll see, we’ll see, we’ll see. For now, rest. We’re at the hotel. Here they come, I bought McDonald’s. I couldn’t resist because I stopped recording, I immediately stopped recording. There was a McDonald’s next door and they were out of melon, so it’s worth it. Believe me, it’s worth it. Shame about the melon bill. It’s a shame the rest aren’t nice, but anyway, look at the windows. All the subways, all the subways, have curtains in case it gets really lonely. You can lower the curtain so it doesn’t bother you, and you can’t sit still on your cell phone. Anything has to reflect on your phone. So, it’s wonderful. But anyway, I’ll leave you. I’m going to rest for a while until this train leaves, and then we’ll see each other. M.
¡Hola, viajeros! 🇯🇵 ¿Cansados de ver Kyoto llenísimo de gente? En este video les muestro MI KYOTO SECRETO, la ruta perfecta para vivir la magia de esta ciudad sin las terribles multitudes. ✨
Los llevo a mis tres lugares favoritos que capturan toda la esencia del Japón tradicional:
🌞 DÍA: El TEMPLO RYOANJI
• Descubrimos juntos el jardín zen más famoso del mundo.
• ¿Pueden ver las 15 piedras? 🤔 Les cuento el misterio que esconde.
• Una paz que te deja sin palabras.
🎋 EL SANTUARIO SECRETO (¡Sorpresa!)
• ¡Encontré un lugar escondido con un BOSQUE DE BAMBÚ solo para nosotros!
• Cero turistas, cero ruido. El spot PERFECTO para esas fotos increíbles que tanto querías. 📸
• ¿Dónde está? ¡Miren el video que les doy todos los datos!
🌙 NOCHE: El SANTUARIO FUSHIMI INARI TAISHA
• Vivimos la experiencia COMPLETAMENTE DIFERENTE: recorrer los 10,000 torii rojos bajo la luna.
• El ambiente es místico, misterioso y mucho más auténtico.
• Les cuento la historia de por qué cada puerta es un deseo de prosperidad.
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