Glad you say so, DLi, and thanks for another/new link. Yes, *Blue Dragon* it is. I didn't know you'd already located it. ;-) I didn't squeeze in a visit to Gioji either. Instead, I made my way to Mt Ogura. Umm, as I recollect, re Gioji, years and years ago I happened to have my body lying out-stretched on the tatami mat floor that faces the moss garden, because of drowsiness (drove in Arashiyama without sleeping a wink the previous night), when I was still *uncultivated* and came for the first time on one morning of sweltering summer heat, where no one but me and a moss-tender was in there. ;-) Yes, that was a big no-no, I now know. (Statute of limitations runs out, I hope, ;-)) I may be wrong, but its popularity came hand in hand with a Tv ad, where Nescafé Japan (Gold Blend) featured its quintessentially Japanese oval window overlooking the garden carrying the unique tune of a female solo vocal/scat: ♪shabada da ba shabada ba dududu be lulululu♪ Yes, it's Japan proper, so I guess you've never heard of it. But it was nice as a Tv advert goes.
Btw., my belated apologies here: Seiryuji/青龍寺 is a misnomer on my part, the official appellation of it being Seiryuden/青龍殿. The incorrect preconception (I had that it is a sub-temple of Shoren-in) led to creating that name.
Take your time, yet everyone's wating for your next batch on the Hokuriku part. Happy holidays from me too!
