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Konkai-Komyoji Temple and the Big-Haired Buddha

I have starred certain temples in Kyoto and one that I hadn’t un-starred yet was Konkai-Komyoji Temple, and the Big-Haired Buddha. The buddha’s hirsute stylings is not part of the official temple name, just so you know. It’s mine. It was an undecided sky on the Kyoto day I entered through the large wooden gate at the bottom of a not so scary set of steps towards the main hall. Founded around…