"when many planets intermingled and the boundary between man and god was vague... a tale of love and rebirth." "1017)}Kyousou{\cHFCFDFB}gi{\cH000000}ga" "everybody watching Kyousougiga!" "Are you surprised to see that it's now live-action?" "Kyousougiga." "That's right. so we've come to Kyoto." "Yay!" "474)}Voice Actress (Un) Ryouko Shiraishi the voice actress for Un. 1)}Voice Actress (New) Erika Nakayama a brand new voice actress." "that means..." "That means..." "That's right." "We'll be visiting all the places that the Looking Glass City was modeled after." "I see!" "We really get to do that!" "It's time for the Kyousougiga Live Action Edition." "Start!" "Yay!" "Kyoto Live Action Edition" "Genkouan in Kyoto's town of Takagamine in Kita Ward." "There is a very famous window here." "this is our first stop on the Kyoto live action edition:" "Genkouan!" "Wow!" "This temple is beautiful!" "It's so pretty." "so pretty!" "The part that appears in Kyousougiga is inside." "the present building was constructed in 1694." "I see." "Let's go inside." "Wow!" "Wow." "wasn't it?" "It was." "The round window 458)}"Window of Enlightenment" "Window of Delusion which represents the universe." "And the square window which represents the suffering of human life." "Suffering." "This room was used for the scene in chapter 2 of episode 1." "This temple didn't exist in the time when Priest Myoue but it's used to portray the scenery they envision in their minds." "It's such a wonderful window." "I'd want to use this." "I can understand why you would want to use a window like this in Kyousougiga." "It's like a picture." "Yeah." "It looks like a painting." "Like it's framed." "Like the frame of a painting." "A round frame..." "When I think of it that way..." "Permission was given for this filming." "I can understand why they would call this the Window of Enlightenment." "Oh?" "It's like the whole world is right there." "Like it's been cut out." "Like it's been cut out and put there." "It's strange." "It's very strange." "Strange." "Permission was given for this filming." "The square window kind of but..." "It's supposed to be reality." "but it's reality." "or sad things happen to you... and things just can't work out. you get a sense that it will all work out." "I feel like it'll all work out." "I'd like you to take one of these." "What is this?" "485)}Goshuin It's commonly believed that this practice began with a stamp given when a buddhist sutra was copied." "Now it's given to anyone who visits a temple." "It's called a Goshuin Book." "A Goshuin Book?" "Yes." "A Goshuin book is like used when you visit shrines." "I had no idea." "It's like this." "Wow." "I'd like to collect these stamps as we go around to different temples and shrines." "Isn't this cute?" "This is for you." "this is mine?" "Yay!" "Wow." "What does it look like?" "it's..." "It's all blank." "Let's go get it filled up." "please." "Please." "Thank you." "Thank you." "And so..." "Here's the Goshuin for Genkouan." "Here it is!" "Ta-da." "but so cool." "So cool." "Pure Land Buddhism Headquarters Chion'in 30 minutes from Kyoto Station by bus." "They've got a great gate!" "Here we are at Chion'in." "Yay!" "The triple gate you see here was the model for a version that appeared in Kyousougiga." "and the "Gate of Detachment" symbolize the stages of enlightenment." "the word for a temple gate but the gate of Chion'in is written and is called the Triple Gate." "The three gates symbolize the three steps to enlightenment." "It's huge!" "It's gigantic!" "Wow!" "Wow." "And the stairs... wait..." "The stairs go up past it." "that's more stairs." "it looks like a wall." "All I can see are steps." "And they're so steep." "This is where Myoue turns to look back in the very first right?" "Yeah." "But it looked a little smaller there... actually." "A lot smaller." "But the real one is huge." "The real thing is much bigger." "Much bigger..." "Wow." "We got our stamps!" "Kurama Temple and then a 30 minute ride on the Eizan train line." "We'll be going to the main shrine." "485)}Niou Gate as well." "founded in 770 by Priest Ganchou to worship Bishamonten." "but the version in the anime is located in the city." "Their teachings are to be one with mother nature." "485)}The Curved Path you're supposed to 485)}Kurama Cable Car and the only one operated instead." "huh?" "the reason our clothes have changed is because it's actually a different day. 485)}New Path so if you want to see the sights make sure you have plenty of time." "Does this keep going?" "yeah." "doesn't it?" "there it is." "485)}Kurama Temple Main Shrine" "There it is!" "This is the main shrine of Kurama Temple." "It's just like in the anime." "Wow." "This is where Professor Shouko lives." "yeah." "So does Kurama!" "And Kurama." "'Cause it's Kurama Temple!" "It's Kurama Temple." "And Bishamaru..." "Bishamaru... that'd be a little scary." "It would be." "Do you think he'd fit?" "Bishamaru!" "Hey!" "He's not coming out." "senpai!" "Erika-chan?" "I've found something interesting." "What is it?" "That!" "What?" "That!" "that!" "that." "right?" "Yeah." "Good job finding them." "...Yeah." "but normally they're simply called Komainu." "these aren't Komainu;" "servants of Bishamonten." "These are the A-Un Tigers." "The one with the open mouth and perked up ears is A." "And the one with the limp ears and closed mouth is Un." "with Un on the left and A on the right." "The ones at Kurama Temple just happen to be tigers instead." "A is female and Un is male." "All Komainu are paired like this. so what do you think now that you've seen them bravely protecting the shrine?" "Hmm... but they're cute." "Yeah." "but... and they're always helping her." "They're cool." "They're strong." "Yeah." "Pretty amazing." "aren't they? across from the Kyoto Botanical Garden Hours: 9AM-9PM (every day) we went and had a girls-only party at the" "Kyoto Kitamaya Malebranche." "It's a fashionable bakery that's been in business for 30 years." "Here you go." "These are samples." "Wow!" "They're so pretty!" "They're cute." "They are cute." "So colorful." "And there are so many different shapes." "lots of shapes." "A lot of them look like cakes you'd see in Kyousougiga." "They do." "1)}Milky Chocolate Cake (Left) Green Shine (Lime Cake) (Right) 1)}*Appearances may vary as all pastries are uniquely crafted." "ordered: which reminds me of Myoue's prayer beads." "1)}Summer Beach (White Peach Cardinale) (Left) Summer Festival (Coconut Berry Mousse) (Right) 1)}*Appearances may vary as all pastries are uniquely crafted." "Nakayama ordered... which looks like Koto-chan's Aratama." "Let's eat." "It's good." "It's good!" "It's sweet." "I love chocolate cake." "It's kind of sweet and sour. it's time for the second half of the Kyoto Live Action Edition." "But first... we bought you presents." "Ta-da!" "1)}Fall Season Dry Candies Kyoto Autumn Leaf x1 Ginko x 1 Autumn Harvest x1 Autumn Colors x2 1)}*Only available in fall *Only available at the Kitayama Branch" "Dry candies made of chocolate." "like this autumn leaf." "Look forward to it!" "1)}Kyousou{\cHEAFEF5}gi{\cH000000}ga" "Kouzanji Touganoo Mountain" "We saved the best for last on our third day of the Kyoto Live Action Edition!" "Kouzanji on Touganoo Mountain." "A special guest will join us here." "The Kyousougiga Kyoto Live Action Edition!" "It's time for the second half!" "yay!" "We're here." "We are." "we have a special guest for you." "Kazuki Yao-san!" "Hi!" "wait a second." "He gave you a high five and just... 485)}Voice Actor (Chief Priest) Kazuki Yao" "I'm Kazuki Yao." "Thanks for coming!" "This is our third day." "You've been here three days?" "We have." "I just got here." "But we've got a lot to do today." "I see." "Yes." "So there's still plenty to do." "Yes." "I'm going to enjoy my time in Kyoto." "Let's have a good time." "then!" "485)}Kouzanji Front Path not part of his name. in 1206." "The Myoue in Kyousougiga is modeled after 485)}"True to thy station" means that a person should fulfill their allotted role in life." "the Myoue who founded this temple." "He really existed?" "Wow." "Yeah." "He made this temple." "That's really cool." "but..." "The person really existed." "That's right." "Wow." "And he founded this temple." "That's pretty amazing. but he was the first person in Japan to do a certain thing..." "We're here at what may look like a plain old tea plant field." "but this is the first time in my life seeing a field of tea plants." "Same here." "Have you seen one before?" "I haven't." "Calling it a plain old field is rude to it." "right?" "True." "but..." "But there's something special about this one." "The Oldest Tea Field in Japan" "This is supposedly the first place in Japan that tea was cultivated." "In Kyoto?" "Not Shizuoka?" "Wow!" "Here." "that's right!" "So this is a really historic place." "It was here?" "Right." "Wow! and he wanted to find some way to fight the sleepiness that was distracting him from his training. and his sleepiness went away immediately and he was able to study more." "and he went on to drink it all the time." "doesn't it?" "It does." "It relaxes you." "It's different than coffee." "It's tea." "Let's have some tea." "wasn't there a scene where Koto gave some tea to Yase?" "The caffeine in tea must've been perfect to wipe away the sleepiness from her training. let's go to the Sekisuiin." "Wow." "It's the real thing." "look at this." "It's for real." "It's exactly the same." "Wow!" "It's just like in the anime." "Wow." "Wow! 485)}Sekisuiin and is a national treasure." "It's a national treasure?" "A national treasure!" "This is where Koto-san and Myoue-san were together." "and Myoue kept saying "Love!" "Love!" "Love!" "That famous scene." "That's right!" "Right there." "that was here!" "It makes it come right back to you." "This is where it happened." "there's something catching my eye here..." "I see it!" "This thing next to me." "what is this dog?" "That's really neat!" "A wooden puppy." "485)}Wooden Puppy" "It's a puppy made out of wood." "Priest Myoue loved small animals so much that he thought they might have been his parents reincarnated." "He would keep this by his side and pet it." "He must've petted it a lot." "It's all smooth." "It's smooth and round." "And Priest Myoue is right over there." "This is Priest Myoue?" "Yes." "1)}Priest Myoue Meditating Above the Trees" "Priest Myoue Meditating Above the Trees." "That's a hard title for a voice actor to pronounce." "Meditating... meditating above the trees." "I did it." "Wonderful." "So this is Priest Myoue." "Wow." "You can see his prayer beads hanging from a branch." "Those are his prayer beads." "You're right!" "It's so detailed." "Priest Myoue." "Wow." "And the same Priest Myoue... would pet this puppy." "This?" "This puppy." "This puppy is the model for Inuyama-san." "Labrador" "So Inuyama-san is the puppy all grown up." "He grew into Inuyama-san." "It's what he looked like when he was little." "This is his model." "they even used the dog." "I can't believe they used the dog!" "That's amazing." "I think this is a special place for Kyousougiga." "now that we're here?" "It feels really deep." "You can't tell which is the anime and which is the real world." "It makes me wonder if this is how it looked back then. you could go back in time to that point." "It really does." "It's like time has stopped." "It's like you can see who Priest Myoue was." "I feel like I like him even more." "Yeah. we can tell them when they're doing something wrong." "That's not quite what he was like." "To Suzumura-san?" "That's not our Myoue." "To Ishida-san?" "To both of them." "so you tell them." "Isn't it the other way around?" "485)}Buddhalocanii Buddhalocanii." "It's bigger in the anime." "Several times bigger." "right?" "It really has a certain presence." "a sort of kindness." "kindness..." "A peace. and Buddhalocanii as his mother." "Yakushimaru Third Son and became the mother of Yakushimaru and the other children." "you said that." "she did." "Kurama Eldest Son" "In episode 1." "Right." "I think you all saw that." "Yase Second Daughter" "She has a gentle feeling." "A gentle aura." "An aura." "She has a mother's aura." "Though she looks very dignified." "She makes you feel relaxed. the one used in the show's title..." "485)}Choujuugiga (Birdmen and Beastmen at Play) A national treasure of the Heian and Kamakura Periods." "Four scrolls on paper in ink. from which Kyousougiga gets its name." "It consists of four scrolls. is especially popular." "It's said to be the forerunner of manga and anime." "you can tell." "Is it?" "Doesn't it look like he's singing?" "The squiggle coming out of his mouth?" "I thought it was his tongue." "You mean the two frogs are singing?" "I can't tell." "And he's the chorus?" "He's dancing." "He's dancing?" "That's a wild dance." "It feels like they could come hopping off the page." "Priest Myoue draws pictures and they come alive." "That's what it feels like." "but some believe it to be written by Toba Soujou Kakuyuu." "The Choujuugiga wasn't drawn by Priest Myoue but it's safe to assume that it exists in Kouzanji who loved animals and nature." "It's stimulates the imagination." "I'm trying to figure out what they're doing." "all of them." "though." "Like the frogs and the foxes." "you're right." "They're all about the same size." "Right." "right?" "yeah." "This fox here is cool." "He's cool." "Stylish." "though. so that's it for the Kyousougiga Kyoto Live Action Edition." "And so we've spent the entire second half at Kouzanji." "Special Guest Yao-san?" "I had a great time." "Kyousougiga feels much closer to me." "you're right." "That's how it feels to me." "It really does. but these places have something special that makes you understand why they chose them as settings for Kyousougiga." "I think." "I can see why they chose these places." "It's nice to get a chance to actually come and see them." "Yeah!" "the sounds..." "And the smells." "You won't understand unless you come here. but I think this is the first time I've really had a chance to see it." "too. and the expressions on their faces." "It was fun." "It was fun." "So we're going back to do more voice recordings." "I've been here!" "I've been here!" "There'll be lots of places like that." "That's true." "especially." "Since you went to a lot of places." "we got to see lots of places." "Hope you had fun." "Thank you." "everyone!" "Goodbye!" "Kyousou{\cHFCFDFB}gi{\cH000000}ga" "Isn't Kyoto great?" "!" "It's got good food and dancing!" "It's so fun!" "I never want to leave!" "The Council of Three is getting ready for the festival!" "Yase and Kurama are planning something in secret!" "thinking about the past." "They get Koto involved and then there's trouble!" "Next time:" "A Story Where Two Plan and One Worries" "A Story Where Two Plan and One Worries. and let's have some fun!"