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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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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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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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ROKUHARAMITSU-JI
Kyoto
Temple to visit
This temple was founded in 963 by the itinerant monk Kūya Shōnin ...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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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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ADASHINO NEMBUTSU-JI
Kyoto
Temple to visit
A singular place, far removed from Arashiyama's busier tourist circuit. ...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