Yoshino/ Specialities [Nara]

Q. Access

A. From Kyoto-Kintetsu Line/ From Osaka-Abenohashi station-1.25hrs

Q. Mt. Yoshino

A. a UNINESCO World Heritage site/ many poems written about/ Kii mountain range

Q. Cherry trees

A. 30,000 cherry trees late March thr. April/ Walking in the footsteps/ 

Q. Yoshimizu-jinja Shrine

A. 16th-century warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi had a hanami party

Q. Nyoirinji Temple 

A. mausoleum of Emperor Godaigo(1288-1339). 

Godaigo was the last emperor to exercise political power during the long centuries of samurai rule which finally ended with the Meiji Restoration in 1868

Q. Hot springs

Mineral-rich/ The best way to beat the crowds in the cherry blossom season is to stay overnight and then see the blossoms in the early morning before the trains arrive.

Q.En-no-Gyoja

 The father of the Shugendo religion, which is a form of ancient mountain worship and whose practitioners subject themselves to rigorous ascetic training including fasting and purification in freezing waterfalls. 

Word Focus:

mountain range 山脈

sprawling　大の字に伸びた、広がった

encompassing　網羅的な

tragic figure 悲劇の人物

restoration 復元

auspices of 〜の援助、保護

warload 軍事的指導者

Has long been 長いこと...である

Meiji Restoration 明治維新

make the most of　最大限に味わう

rigorous 厳格な

attire 衣装

conch shell ホラ貝