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Highlights and how to get to Ginkaku-ji (Jisho-ji) Temple.

Two distinct cultures flourished during the Muromachi period, the Kitayama culture of Yoshimitsu's day and the Higashiya...
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Directions and highlights of Jisso-in Monzeki Temple.

Jisso-in Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Iwakura, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City.It has beautiful scenery which is known ...
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Highlights and how to get to Ruriko-in temple.

Ruriko-in temple.This spot is in the northern suburb of Kyoto which is called Yase-Ohara."Where is a famous place of the...
May

Highlights and how to get to Komyo-in Temple.

Komyo-in Temple is a sub-temple of Tofuku-ji Temple in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City.(Tofuku-ji Temple has more than 20 s...
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Highlights and how to get to Toji-in Temple.

Toji-in Temple is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Tenryu-ji school of the Rinzai sect located in Kita Ward, Kyoto Cit...
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Highlights and how to get to the Murin-an.

Murin-an Villa (無鄰菴), located in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a facility centered on a Japanese garden a...
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Highlights and how to get to Heian Jingu Shrine.

Heian-jingu Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Sakyo-ku Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.This Shrine was built to co...
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Highlights and how to get to Chishaku-in Temple.

Chishaku-in temple is the head temple of the Chisan School of the Shingon sect of Buddhism and about 3000 temples belong...
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Highlights and how to get to Shoden-ji Temple.

Shoden-ji Temple was built in 1282 by 東巌慧安(Ean Togan) who is a Buddhist priest of the Rinzai sect.The honorific mountain...
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Highlights and how to get to Ninna-ji Temple.

Ninna-ji Temple is an old historic temple with the history more than 1,900 years which was founded for 888 years by the ...