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TENRYU-JI

Temple to visit
General Takauji Ashikaga decided to build this temple on the ruins of ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

DAIKAKU-JI

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This Buddhist temple was built at the time of Emperor Seiwa (851-880) in ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

EIKAN-DO

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The temple, originally called Zenrin-ji, was built in 855 by Shinshō of ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

CHION-IN

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Built in 1234 by Genchi, a disciple of the witness Shōnin Hōnen who ... Read more
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YOGEN-IN

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This temple founded in 1594 by Hideyoshi Toyotomi for his favorite, ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

HIGASHI HONGAN-JI

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Located about ten minutes walk north of Kyoto Central Station, it is one of ... Read more
 Kyoto
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NISHI HONGAN-JI

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Located in the centre of the city, it is the seat of the sect Jōdo ... Read more
 Kyoto
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NANZEN-JI

Temple to visit
Nanzen-ji is at the heart of the cultural identity of the imperial capital. ... Read more
 Kyoto
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ADASHINO NEMBUTSU-JI

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A singular place and far from the more frequented tourist circuit of ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

SAIDAI-JI

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This large western temple is famous because it is here that the Ochamori ... Read more
 Nara
2024

TEMPLE GANGŌ-JI

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The Gangō-ji was founded by Umako Soga in 588 in Asuka, when Buddhism had ... Read more
 Nara
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MYOSHIN-JI

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Like Daitoku-ji, Myoshin-ji is a complex of some fifty temples, most of ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

TEMPLE JISONIN

Temple to visit
Founded in 816 in Kudoyama by Kōbō-Daishi, at the foot of Mount Kôya, ... Read more
 Kōyasan