DATE:		March 14 –16, 2006 Buddhist sermon on March 15 from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
PLACE:		Sennyu-ji Temple 27 Sennyuji Yamanouchi-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
DIRECTION:		Bus stop at Sennyuji-michi (city bus #208) Keihan Line or JR Nara Line at Toufukuji station
TEL:		81-75-561-1551
ADMISSION:		500 yen (an additional 300 yen to visit the temple)
TEXT:		The Sennyu-ji Temple, a temple of the Shingon sect founded by Kukai, is respectfully called “Mitera” (Imperial Temple). The largest nirvana picture in Japan is open to the public at the temple on February 15 under the lunar calendar, when Buddha is said to have died and entered into Nirvana. This picture was drawn by a monk Meiyokokan Shonin in the mid-Edo period (1603-1867). It is 16 meters length, 8 meters wideth, and 400 kg weight, which makes this picture the largest in Japan.