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Sanjusangen-do Temple-
Category: Shrines, Temples | Kyoto Station, To-ji Temple, Sanjusangendo Temple Environs
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The correct name of this temple is Rengeou-in. It was built by Taira-no-Kiyomori in the Heian period and given to Goshirakawahouou. At 120 meters from end to end, the main hall is long and narrow with 33 spaces between pillars along the ... [Details]
Sanjusangendo Temple-
Category: Shrines, Temples | Kyoto Station, To-ji Temple, Sanjusangendo Temple Environs
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The formal name of this temple is Rengeoin Temple. Shogun Kiyomori built it in the Heian period, and gifted it to Goshirakawahouou (ex-emperor and later a monk). The main hall is a long narrow building, some 120 meters in length. And, as... [Details]
Sanzen-in Temple-
Category: Shrines, Temples | Shimogamo-jinja Shrine, Sanzen-in Temple, Kurama-dera Temple Environs
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In the Enryaku period (782-806), Saicho (founder of the Tendai sect) built a small thatched retreat in Ohara, which was the start of Sanzen-in and a link with the "east tower" (Enryaku-ji) of Mount Hiei. The main image is Yakus... [Details]
Shokuku-ji Temple-
Category: Shrines, Temples | Nijo Castle, Kyoto Gyoen (Imperial Gardens), Seimei-jinja Shrine Environs
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This temple was built to the east of the residence (known as Hanagosho) belonging to Yoshimitsu Ashikaga (third shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate). Alas, lightening burned down the seven-tiered pagoda (109 meters tall) and flames of conf... [Details]
Taizo-in Temple-
Category: Kinkaku-ji Temple, Kitano-Tenmangu Shrine, Ninna-ji Temple Environs | Shrines, Temples
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Established in 1404, this is an ancient leading temple in the grounds of Myoshinji. On the west side of the abbot's chambers there is the Motonobu garden, which is dry landscape garden built by the Muromachi-era artist Motonobu Kano... [Details]
Tenryu-ji Temple-
Category: Shrines, Temples | Arashiyama & Tenryu-ji Temple & Katsura Environs
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During the Muromachi period (1185-1333), at the recommendation of the monk Muso Soseki, Takauji Ashikaga had this temple built to perform religious rites for the departed soul of Emperor Go-Daigo. Over the centuries, the temple has burne... [Details]
To-ji Temple-
Category: Shrines, Temples | Kyoto Station, To-ji Temple, Sanjusangendo Temple Environs
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This temple is formally known as Kyooukoku-ji Temple, and was built to protect the nation when Emperor Kammu was establishing the capital in ancient Kyoto. In 823, it was handed into the care of the monk Kukai (later to be called Kobo Da... [Details]
Toyokuni-jinja Shrine-
Category: Shrines, Temples | Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Gion Environs
This shrine celebrates the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and also is called Hokoku-san. Hideyoshi's burial was on top of Amidagamine on the Higashiyama range. The following year, a Shinto shrine was built on the hillside for him. Howe... [Details]
Chion-in Temple-
Category: Shrines, Temples | Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Gion Environs
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In the Kamakura period (1185-1333), this is where Honen Shonin lived and expounded on the teachings of Buddha. Many of the temple building were built by three generations of Tokugawa shoguns, Ieyasu, Hidetada and Iemitsu. The temple has ... [Details]
Fushimi Inari Taisha-
Category: Shrines, Temples | Yamashina & Daigo & Fushimi Environs
This is the head shrine of the Inari-jinja shrines based across the country since 711. The shrine deity was originally a god of farming but is now widely known as a god of prospering business, which means the shrine attracts many New Yea... [Details]
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