Culture & History
Chikubushima: An Island of Prayer on Lake Biwa
【Just 1 hour 20 minutes from Kyoto Station by train and boat】 Off the northern shore of Lake Biwa, a small island rises from the water.No one lives there. There is only an ancient temple, a shrine, and the silence they keep.For centuries, people have set out by boat toward this island — to pray, to seek, to be still.This is Chikubushima. An Island...