Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>During Emperor Saga's time a terrible epidemic struck. Kūkai (空海) advised him to copy out the Heart Sutra, and sure enough the plague was ended. The original is displayed every 60 years (next in 2078).</p><p>In 876 Saga's daughter, Princess Masako, turned the palace into Daikaku-ji.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kyoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cherryblossoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cherryblossoms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sagano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sagano</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E5%B5%AF%E5%B3%A8%E9%87%8E" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>嵯峨野</span></a></p>