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Located in the beautiful, narrow streets of Higashiyama district, the Hokan-ji temple and its famous Yasaka No To (or the tower of Yasaka), is one of the most picturesque views in Japan. Founded during the Asuka era (593-710), Hokan-ji is now a famous Buddhist temple that was built for the sole purpose as a guardian of the Yasaka-clan. In 1440 the beautiful five-story Yasaka-No-To pagoda was designed and built by Ashikaga Yoshinori.
Beautiful on both inside and out, the Yasaka pagoda contains the gorgeous idol of Vairocana, which is the embodiment of the Buddhist concept of Sunyata. There is also a wonderful view of the surrounding area from the pagoda’s 2nd floor.
Note: Due to YouTube compression you may see the night sky flashing on some occasions while the original uploaded file is free from these glitches. There is, unfortunately, nothing we can do at this time as YouTube does not offer any technical help or advice to its users when it comes to overcoming the platform’s destructive compression.
