The World of Koten

you are thevisitor. since Jun. 2006

kinkaku-ji(temple), made of GOLD!! yippeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Japanese

Hello everyone!
Welcome to my website
The world of Koten!!
Have you ever heard of Koten?
Koten are old Japanese literature ( Japanse stories ) written more than 1000 years ago.
The oldest one is said to be written in the end of 7th centry, Heian era, which means almost 1200 years ago.
In this website, I will introduce some of those Japanese literature, Japanese cultures, Japanese history, someting useful when you visit Japan etc.
I would like to take you to old Japan through the website, and make you feel Japanese atmosphere and enjoy it.
Hope you will understand Japan more correctly and like it!
I put some pictures so you can see Japan visually .
Now let's go slip back in time to old Japan!!!

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