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TEMPLE TOJI-IN

Kyoto
Temple to visit
Founded in 1341 by Takauji Ashikaga, the temple became the burial temple of ... Read more
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JOJAKKO-JI TEMPLE

Kyoto
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During the Momoyama and Edo periods, the Fuju-Fuse sect, radically attached ... Read more
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SEIRYO-JI TEMPLE

Kyoto
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Seiryo-ji is a famous Buddhist temple, in which one enters a two-story ... Read more
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SHINJU-AN TEMPLE

Kyoto
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Founded by Ikkyū, this temple has gardens attributed to Shukō Murata, the ... Read more
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ENTSU-JI TEMPLE

Kyoto
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Originally, this Zen temple was a residence of Emperor Go-Mizuno. He became ... Read more
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ROKKAKU-DO TEMPLE

Kyoto
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In the third street parallel to Oike-dōri south, once crossing ... Read more
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TEMPLE KŌTŌ-IN

Kyoto
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Founded in 1601 by Tadaoki Hosokawa (1563-1645), a disciple of Sen No ... Read more
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TAIZO-IN TEMPLE

Kyoto
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This temple is located west of the San-Mon gate. This is the best known ... Read more
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REIUN-IN TEMPLE

Kyoto
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The temple is one of the first to from Tofuku-ji station. Built in 1526, ... Read more
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SHUNKO-IN TEMPLE

Kyoto
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In this little Zen temple built in the 1590 s, the atmosphere of the time ... Read more
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SHOREN-IN

Kyoto
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Also known as "Awata Palace", this Buddhist temple was built at the end of ... Read more
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NINNA-JI

Kyoto
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We find in this temple a palace built for the emperor Kōkō (830-887) and ... Read more
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TOFUKU-JI

Kyoto
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Temple of the Rinzai sect, it is one of the five great temples of the city. ... Read more
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KOHO-AN TEMPLE

Kyoto
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This secondary temple is known for its gardens designed by Enshū Kobori, ... Read more
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DAISEN-IN TEMPLE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kyoto
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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

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

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

Kyoto
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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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NANZEN-JI

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

Kyoto
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A singular place and far from the more frequented tourist circuit of ... Read more
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MYOSHIN-JI

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