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Must Visit Religious Places in Kyoto Prefecture

 
  • Kinkaku-ji

    Kinkaku-ji

    Zen Buddhist temple featuring a gold-leaf-covered pavilion and historic gardens. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its cultural and architectural significance.

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  • Fushimi Inari Shrine

    Fushimi Inari Shrine

    Shinto shrine with a history of over 1300 years, renowned for thousands of vermilion torii gates leading up a sacred mountain. It serves as the head shrine of Inari worship and features traditional Japanese architecture.

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  • Kiyomizu-dera Temple

    Kiyomizu-dera Temple

    Historic Buddhist temple known for its large wooden stage and scenic views, designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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  • Ginkakuji Temple

    Ginkakuji Temple

    A Zen temple from the 15th century AD. It is surrounded by beautiful gardens, with famous decorative sand patterns, trees, and ponds, said…

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  • Yasaka Shrine

    Yasaka Shrine

    Yasaka Shrine is one of the Kanpei-taisha, which means that it is highly supported by the government. Its history dates back to 656.

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  • Tenryu-ji Temple

    Tenryu-ji Temple

    Tenryū-ji, formally known as Tenryū Shiseizen-ji, is the head temple of the Tenryū-ji branch of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism, located in…

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  • Adashino-Nenbutsudera Temple

    Adashino-Nenbutsudera Temple

    Adashino Nenbutsu-ji is a Buddhist temple in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 811 Kūkai is said to have founded a temple, then Honen altered it to…

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  • Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple

    Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple

    Otagi Nenbutsu-ji is a Buddhist temple in the Arashiyama neighborhood of Kyoto, Japan.

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  • Saihoji Temple

    Saihoji Temple

    Saihō-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Matsuo, Nishikyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan.

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  • Kouzanji Temple

    Kouzanji Temple

    Kōzan-ji, officially Toganōsan Kōsan-ji, is a Buddhist temple of the Omuro sect of Shingon Buddhism in Umegahata Toganōchō, Ukyō Ward,…

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  • Iwashimizu Hachimangū

    Iwashimizu Hachimangū

    Iwashimizu Hachimangū is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Yawata in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

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  • Kuraoka Shrine

    Kuraoka Shrine

    Kuraoka Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Seika, Kyoto built in 1008 to deity Michizane Sugawara.

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  • Kontai-ji

    Kontai-ji

    Kontai-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Harayama neighborhood of the town of Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, in the Kinai region of Japan.

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    岩船寺

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  • Joruriji temple

    Joruriji temple

    Jōruri-ji is a temple of the Shingon Ritsu school with an historic Japanese garden located in Kizugawa, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

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