A Temple with Extra Restrictions on Photography is Now My Favorite Kyoto Temple

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 720 —
map & image data — nearby photos

Harsh

conditions of entry to the Hokyo-in Temple (宝筐院)

Kyoto Japan

This is a followup to yesterday's post with
photos from the Hokyo-in Temple in Kyoto,
a temple with some of the most harsh, restrictive anti-photography policies I've ever encountered.

On one end of the spectrum are places that allow even tripods, such as
the Yoshiminedera
temple. Moving along toward more restrictions, the Heian Shrine allows
tripods, but only if you pay a ¥2,000 (about US$20) fee. Most places
don't allow the use of tripods at all, but the Hokyo-in Temple featured
yesterday doesn't even allow you to have a tripod in your
possession. Even if securely sequestered in your backpack, you're
simply not allowed in.