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MUROJI

Sakurai
Temple to visit
It is not known whether the temple was founded by Kenkei or by Kūkai, but ... Read more
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JAKKO-IN

Ohara
Temple to visit
The Jakkō-in is said to have been founded in 594 by Shōtoku Taishi to ... Read more
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ENRYAKU-JI

Ōtsu
Temple to visit
Enryaku-ji Temple is located on Mt. Hiei, on the border between Kyoto ... Read more
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TEMPLE RYOGONJI

Fukuchiyama
Temple to visit
Ryogonji Temple, located in the town of Ayabe, next to the town of ... Read more
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DANJO GARAN

Kōyasan
Temple to visit
This is the sacred precinct where the most important buildings and edifices ... Read more
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RYOTAN-JI

Hikone
Temple to visit
Ryotan-ji Temple was renovated in 1601 when Naosuke II, the first lord of ... Read more
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OSAKA TENMAN-GŪ

Ōsaka
Temple to visit
Ōsaka Tenman-gū is a temple shintō built in the 10th century. However, ... Read more
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ISHIYAMADERA TEMPLE

Ōtsu
Temple to visit
This temple, which was founded in the 8th century, now belongs to the ... Read more
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TEMPLE MANGETSUJI AND ITS UKIMIDO HALL

Ōtsu
Temple to visit
Mangetsuji Temple houses Ukimido Hall, a building floating above the waters ... Read more
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TEMPLE SUKYŌJI

Izushi
Temple to visit
This beautiful temple was built in 1392. It is also nicknamed Takuan-dera, ... Read more
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TEMPLE TANSHU-KANNONJI

Fukuchiyama
Temple to visit
Tanshu-Kannonji Temple was founded in 720 by the monk Hodo. In 961, Master ... Read more
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KIYOSHIKŌJIN KIYOSHIKŌJIN

Takarazuka
Temple to visit
Eriged in 896, live here Buddhist temple and Shinto shrine in harmony. The ... Read more
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NANSHUJI TEMPLE

Sakai
Temple to visit
Built in 1557, this temple is part of the Rinzai sect. It was totally ... Read more
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TEMPLE MYOKOKU

Sakai
Temple to visit
Built in 1562, this temple is famous for its Japanese garden planted with ... Read more
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ANTAIJI

Shinonsen-Cho
Temple to visit
Antaiji is a monastery belonging to the Sōtō Buddhist School. He is now ... Read more
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MYŌKENJI KANNONDŌ

Ako
Temple to visit
Halfway up the mountain stands this pretty little temple of the Shingon ... Read more
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DAISEN-IN TEMPLE

Kyoto
Temple to visit
In the Hōjō, some fusumas (sliding doors) were painted by Sōami ... Read more
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KORYU-JI TEMPLE

Kyoto
Temple to visit
He is also named Uzumasa-dera. Uzumasa's name is the combination of two ... Read more
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HORYU-JI

Nara
Temple to visit
Located in Ikaruga, about ten kilometers from Nara, and founded in 607 by ... Read more
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ROKUHARAMITSU-JI

Kyoto
Temple to visit
This temple was founded in 963 by the itinerant monk Kūya Shōnin ... Read more
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MANSHU-IN

Kyoto
Temple to visit
Temple built in 788, it was then moved and rebuilt in its current location ... Read more
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NISON-IN

Kyoto
Temple to visit
Temple founded by Emperor Saga in 841 and famous for being the place where ... Read more
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DAIGO-JI

Kyoto
Temple to visit
Temple of the Shingon sect founded in 874 by Shōbō (Daishi Rigen), which ... Read more
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TENRYU-JI

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

Kyoto
Temple to visit
This Buddhist temple was built at the time of Emperor Seiwa (851-880) in ... Read more
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EIKAN-DO

Kyoto
Temple to visit
The temple, originally called Zenrin-ji, was built in 855 by Shinshō of ... Read more
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CHION-IN

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

Kyoto
Temple to visit
This temple founded in 1594 by Hideyoshi Toyotomi for his favorite, ... Read more
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HIGASHI HONGAN-JI

Kyoto
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

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

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

Kyoto
Temple to visit
A singular place, far removed from Arashiyama's busier tourist circuit. ... Read more
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SAIDAI-JI

Nara
Temple to visit
This large western temple is famous because it is here that the Ochamori ... Read more
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TEMPLE GANGŌ-JI

Nara
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

Kyoto
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

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

Ōmihachiman
Temple to visit
This temple, located in the middle of a luxuriant vegetation, would have ... Read more