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TEMPLE MYOKOKU
Temple to visit
Built in 1562, this temple is famous for its Japanese garden planted with ...Read more
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GREAT SANCTUARY OF KUMANO HONGU TAISHA
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
It was relocated and completely rebuilt after the great flood of 1889 when ...Read more
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MYŌKENJI KANNONDŌ
Temple to visit
Halfway up the mountain stands this pretty little temple of the Shingon ...Read more
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DAISEN-IN TEMPLE
Temple to visit
In the Hōjō, some fusumas (sliding doors) were painted by Sōami ...Read more
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KORYU-JI TEMPLE
Temple to visit
He is also named Uzumasa-dera. Uzumasa's name is the combination of two ...Read more
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ROKUHARAMITSU-JI
Temple to visit
This temple was founded in 963 by the itinerant monk Kūya Shōnin ...Read more
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DAIKAKU-JI
Temple to visit
This Buddhist temple was built at the time of Emperor Seiwa (851-880) in ...Read more
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HIGASHI HONGAN-JI
Temple to visit
Located about ten minutes walk north of Kyoto Central Station, it is one of ...Read more
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NISHI HONGAN-JI
Temple to visit
Located in the centre of the city, it is the seat of the sect Jōdo ...Read more
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KAMIGAMO-JINJA
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
This shrine in the north of Kyoto is the oldest in the city. Its ...Read more
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ADASHINO NEMBUTSU-JI
Temple to visit
A singular place and far from the more frequented tourist circuit of ...Read more
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MATSUNOO TAISHA SHRINE
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Important place of worship in the west of Kyoto, it dates back to 701 and ...Read more
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SHIMOGAMO JINJA
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
This shrine on the south bank of the Kamo River is said to have existed for ...Read more
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TEMPLE GANGŌ-JI
Temple to visit
The Gangō-ji was founded by Umako Soga in 588 in Asuka, when Buddhism had ...Read more
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MYOSHIN-JI
Temple to visit
Like Daitoku-ji, Myoshin-ji is a complex of some fifty temples, most of ...Read more
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TEMPLE JISONIN
Temple to visit
Founded in 816 in Kudoyama by Kōbō-Daishi, at the foot of Mount Kôya, ...Read more
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HEIAN JINGU
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
The No, Japan's oldest theatre, is honoured at the Takigi No festival, ...Read more