The impressive wooden Sanmon Gate, seen here illuminated by (electric) candles, is the inner entrance gate to the Kennin-ji Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto. The temple was founded in 1202 and claims to be the oldest Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto.

The impressive wooden Sanmon Gate, seen here illuminated by (electric) candles, is the inner entrance gate to the Kennin-ji Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto. The temple was founded in 1202 and claims to be the oldest Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto.