Temples and shrines

Nov.

Highlights and how to get to Bishamon-do Temple.

Bishamon-do Temple is Buddhist temple belonging to the Tendai Sect located in Yamashina-ku Ward, Kyoto City.The autumn l...
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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 Horyu-ji Temple.

It is the oldest wooden building in existence.There are a lot of old buildings in the wide grounds of Horyu-ji temple.Am...
Oct.

Highlights and how to get to Hannya-ji Temple

Hannya-ji Temple is the Shingo Risshu sect's temple located at Nara-zaka (also called Nara Kitamachi) in the northern pa...
Oct.

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...
Temple

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...
Useful info

Sects of the Japanese Buddhism.

There are various sects in Japanese Buddhism."This temple is the Shingon sect in Japan!!""Because this temple is the Jod...
Region

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...