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Jakko-in temple live camera — Sakyo, Kyoto
A convent deep in the village of Ohara, reached by a stone stairway through cedars. High enough above the city that on a snowy day this place alone turns white.
Sample October 2026What you are looking at
In the sample frame, a gravel approach climbs gently into the back of the picture. A high stone retaining wall stands on the right with trees leaning over the top of it, and on the left there is a low stone course with planting behind it. A blue noticeboard painted with figures from the Tale of the Heike stands at the side of the path, and sunlight through the branches leaves patches across the gravel.
Jakko-in is a convent at the far end of the village of Ohara. After the battle of Dan-no-ura, Kenreimon-in Tokuko — daughter of Taira no Kiyomori and consort of the Emperor Takakura — entered this temple and spent the rest of her life praying for the drowned Emperor Antoku and for the Taira house. The Tale of the Heike closes on her last years here.
Temple tradition puts the founding in 594, but excavation has turned up neither structures nor objects from any such period. By the time Kenreimon-in arrived there appears to have been an already-ruined building on stone footings, and the temple in anything like its present form is thought to date from its restoration by Yodogimi at the end of the Momoyama period or the beginning of the Edo period.
The main hall burned down in a fire in 2000 and was rebuilt, with the ground-breaking ceremony held on 8 October 2001. The Jizo Bosatsu that is the temple's principal image had deteriorated and was moved into a storehouse, where it is shown only for short periods in spring and autumn; what stands in the hall is a copy. The new hall also holds wooden figures of Kenreimon-in and of Awa no Naishi, who served her.
The Himekomatsu pine that appears in the Tale of the Heike was damaged by the heat and had to be felled. Its stump is preserved, with a young pine planted beside it. The bell known for the line on the impermanence of all things came through the fire unharmed; it was cast in bronze in 1752.
Ohara sits away from the city and high enough that on a snowy day this spot alone can turn white. Being a video stream, there is no wait for a refresh. Japan time. The trees are deep here, so the near part of the approach darkens early in the evening. The stream puts fourteen cameras on one channel, so it cannot be played inside this site.
About this camera
| Place | Sakyo, Kyoto |
| Format | Live video |
| Time zone | Asia/Tokyo (UTC+9) |
| Category | World Heritage · Nature |
| Operator | Kyoto National Highway Office, MLIT |
| Terms of use | PDL1.0 |
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