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TEMPLE MYOKOKU

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Built in 1562, this temple is famous for its Japanese garden planted with ... Read more
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0722330369
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ANTAIJI

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Antaiji is a monastery belonging to the Sōtō Buddhist School. He is now ... Read more
 Shinonsen-Cho • Get directions
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GREAT SANCTUARY OF KUMANO HONGU TAISHA

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It was relocated and completely rebuilt after the great flood of 1889 when ... Read more
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MYŌKENJI KANNONDŌ

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Halfway up the mountain stands this pretty little temple of the Shingon ... Read more
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0791480555
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DAISEN-IN TEMPLE

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In the Hōjō, some fusumas (sliding doors) were painted by Sōami ... Read more
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+81 75 491 8346
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KORYU-JI TEMPLE

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

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Located in Ikaruga, about ten kilometers from Nara, and founded in 607 by ... Read more
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+81 745 75 2555
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ROKUHARAMITSU-JI

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This temple was founded in 963 by the itinerant monk Kūya Shōnin ... Read more
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+81 75 561 6980
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MANSHU-IN

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Temple built in 788, it was then moved and rebuilt in its current location ... Read more
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+81 75 781 5010
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NISON-IN

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Temple founded by Emperor Saga in 841 and famous for being the place where ... Read more
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+81 75 861 0687
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DAIGO-JI

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Temple of the Shingon sect founded in 874 by Shōbō (Daishi Rigen), which ... Read more
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+81 75 571 0002
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TENRYU-JI

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

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This Buddhist temple was built at the time of Emperor Seiwa (851-880) in ... Read more
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+81 75 871 0071
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EIKAN-DO

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The temple, originally called Zenrin-ji, was built in 855 by Shinshō of ... Read more
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+81 75 761 0007
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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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+81 75 531 2111
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YOGEN-IN

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This temple founded in 1594 by Hideyoshi Toyotomi for his favorite, ... Read more
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+81 75 561 3887
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HIGASHI HONGAN-JI

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Located about ten minutes walk north of Kyoto Central Station, it is one of ... Read more
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+81 75 371 9181
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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
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+81 75 371 5181
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NANZEN-JI

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Nanzen-ji is at the heart of the cultural identity of the imperial capital. ... Read more
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+81 75 771 0365
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KAMIGAMO-JINJA

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This shrine in the north of Kyoto is the oldest in the city. Its ... Read more
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+81 75 781 0011
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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
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MATSUNOO TAISHA SHRINE

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Important place of worship in the west of Kyoto, it dates back to 701 and ... Read more
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+81 75 871 5016
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SAIDAI-JI

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This large western temple is famous because it is here that the Ochamori ... Read more
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+81 742 45 4700
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SHIMOGAMO JINJA

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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

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The Gangō-ji was founded by Umako Soga in 588 in Asuka, when Buddhism had ... Read more
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+81 742 23 1377
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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
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+81 75 461 5226
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TEMPLE JISONIN

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Founded in 816 in Kudoyama by Kōbō-Daishi, at the foot of Mount Kôya, ... Read more
 Kōyasan
0736542214
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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
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+81 75 761 0221
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TEMPLE KYORINBO

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 Ōmihachiman • Get directions
+81 748 46 5400