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京都府 · Shrines & temples

Sanzenin

京都市京都市内

The village of Ohara. Small child Jizo figures sit in a garden of moss.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Jakkoin

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Where Kenreimonin, daughter of Taira no Kiyomori, spent her last years. The final scene of The Tale of the Heike.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Kifune Okumiya

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Where Izumi Shikibu prayed to win back a love. Also held to be the origin of the midnight cursing rite.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Eikando

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The Mikaeri Amida turns only its head to look back, a rare posture. Famous for autumn colour.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Shorenin

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A monzeki temple of the Tendai school. A great camphor spreads its branches before the gate.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Chionin

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Its Sanmon is among the largest wooden gates in Japan, and a National Treasure. Seventeen people together strike the new year bell.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Kodaiji

京都市京都市内

Built by Kita-no-Mandokoro, wife of Hideyoshi. Its mausoleum in maki-e lacquer survives.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Kenninji

京都市京都市内

The oldest Zen temple in Kyoto. It holds the Wind and Thunder Gods by Tawaraya Sotatsu.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Daigoji

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Its five-storey pagoda is the oldest building in Kyoto. The site of Hideyoshi's famous cherry-blossom party.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Ninnaji

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Known for its low-growing Omuro cherries. A monzeki temple whose abbots were of the imperial family.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Kosanji

京都市京都市内

It holds the Choju Jinbutsu Giga scrolls, and has the oldest tea garden in Japan.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Jingoji

京都市京都市内

The origin of kawarake-nage, throwing clay discs. Kukai served as its abbot.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Hoshokan

宇治市山城

The Unchu Kuyo Bosatsu figures can be seen close up here.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Mimurotoji

宇治市山城

A temple of hydrangeas and lotus, standing in the hills of Uji.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Iwashimizu Hachimangu

八幡市山城

Its halls are National Treasures. The bamboo Edison used for his lamp filament came from here.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Matanozoki

宮津市丹後

Look through your legs and it appears as a bridge across the sky.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Kono Jinja

宮津市丹後

Held to be the original shrine of Ise Jingu, and called Moto-Ise. Its Amabe genealogy is a National Treasure.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Motoise Naiku

福知山市丹波・中丹

Said to be where the deity of Ise Jingu was enshrined before settling at its present site.

京都府 · Shrines & temples

Nioumon

綾部市丹波・中丹

Its shingled Nio gate is the only National Treasure building in northern Kyoto Prefecture.

大阪府 · Shrines & temples

Sumiyoshi Taisha

大阪市大阪市

Its four main halls are National Treasures, preserving sumiyoshi-zukuri, a building style from before Buddhism reached Japan: straight roofs with no u…

大阪府 · Shrines & temples

Shitennoji

大阪市大阪市

Said to have been built by Prince Shotoku, and held to be the oldest full-scale temple in Japan. The Shitennoji layout, with gate, pagoda, golden hall…

大阪府 · Shrines & temples

Osaka Tenmangu

大阪市大阪市

It enshrines the deity of learning, and fills in July for the Tenjin festival, one of the three great festivals of Japan. Known for its river processi…

大阪府 · Shrines & temples

Imamiya Ebisu Jinja

大阪市大阪市

Ebessan. On the Toka Ebisu in January, people gather to pray for business prosperity. The faith of a merchant city, surviving as it was.

大阪府 · Shrines & temples

Kumata Jinja

大阪市大阪市

The tutelary deity of Hirano-go. Held to be the only shrine in Japan where the renga hall still stands.