World Heritage Second Series 5

C1800a: Ujikami Shrine	C1800b: Ujikami Shrine	C1800c: Kozanji Temple	C1800d: Sekisui-in

C1800e: Saihoji Garden	C1800f: Saihoji Garden	C1800g-h: Tenryuji Garden
	C1800i: Golden Pavilion	C1800j: Golden Pavilion

Issue	World Heritage Second Series 5
First Day	December 21, 2001
Value	800 yen (80 yen x 10)
Quantity	3,000,000 sheets
Designs	Ujikamijinja Shrine, Main Hall	Ujikamijinja Shrine, "Kaerumata" (Flog's legs)
	Kozanji Temple, front approach	Kozanji Temple, Sekisuiin Hall
	Saihoji Temple, Moss Garden	Saihoji Temple, garden gate
	Tenryuji Temple, garden	Tenryuji Temple, Garden
	Golden Pavilion (Rokuonji Temple) in autumn	Golden Pavilion (Rokuonji Temple) in snow
Size	28.05 x 33.5 millimeters
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	10 stamps, Picture of the sheet
Photographer	Benrido Company
Photographs provided	Kozanji Temple
	Tenryuji Temple
	Rokuonji Temple
Designer	Morita Motoharu (public service designer)
Catalog No.	C1800
First Day of Issue Postmark	Kyoto-Nishi Post Office

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.

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(Small Note for the Issue)

The fifth issue consists of ten 80 yen stamps depicting the historic monuments of ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities).

C1800a: (Ujikami-jinja Shrine) It enshrines Emperors Oujin and Nintoku and is believed to guard Byodoin Temple, which is also in Uji. The stamp depicts the prayer hall and the main hall. The main hall is the oldest shrine hall existing in Japan. All the buildings at the shrine were build by the end of the 14th century.
C1800b: (Ujikami-jinja Shrine) "Kaerumata,&auot; which literary means &quotflog's crotch" since the characteristics of the Japanese ancient architecture resembles the legs of frog.
C1800c: (Kozanji Temple) The front approach to the temple. Originally, the 5th issue of the series was planned to come out on 22nd November. However, by the mistake of the Postal Services Agency, it was postponed to 21st December. The mistake was that the picture of this stamp was the mirror image of the actual scenery. The announcement to postphone the date of issue was made only two days prior to the original plan. It cost 127,000,000 yen to print the corrected sheets all over again. Unfortunately, there was a Tochigi PO, which sold the eight error sheets on 16th and 17th November.
C1800d: (Sekisui-in Hall of Kozanji Temple, National Treasure) Sekisui-in was a living place of Myoe-shonin (priest), who re-established the temple in the 13th century. It shows the style of the early Kamakura era.
C1800e: (Moss Garden of Saihoji Temple) The temple was re-established in 1339 by Musou Soseki (priest). It is a zen Buddhism temple. More than 120 kinds of mosses cover the site, which resembles beautiful carpet that the temple is famous as the Moss Temple.
C1800f: (Koujoukan Gate of Saihoji Temple) The old gate of the Moss Temple garden.
C1800g-h: (Garden of Tenryuji Temple) The temple was established in 1339 by Ashikaga Takauji Shogun to pray for Emperor Godaigo. The garden was created by Musou Soseki.
C1800i-j: ("Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)" of Rokuonji Temple) Originally, the golden pavilion was build in 1397 as a villa of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the 3rd Shogun of Ashikaga Shogunate. After his death, the site was converted to be a temple. The original golden pavilion was burnt down by arson in 1950. The existing golden pavilion was built in 1955.