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  • Jisho-ji Temple (Ginkaku-ji Temple)
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    4.5
    4638 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Ginkakujichou 2
    A mountain retreat modeled after the Kinkaku-ji Temple (Gold Pavillion Temple) built by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, grandfather of the eighth Muromachi shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, in 1482. After Yoshimasa’s death, the villa was turned into a Rinzai Shokoku-ji school Zen Buddhist temple and, based on Yoshimasa’s posthumous name, the temple was named the Jishoji Temple. The Kannon Hall, commonly known as the Ginkaku (Silver Pavillion), is simple and elegant in its design; the Togu-do hall is the oldest extant example of ancient Japanese shoin-zukuri architecture and is designated a National Treasure.

    We stopped here despite the pouring rain. There is an entrance fee. The grounds are quite beautiful and you even can walk up a path of the side of the adjacent hill and find a wonderful overview of...

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  • Eikando Zenrin-ji
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    4.5
    1727 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Eikandouchou 48
    The head temple of Nishiyama Zenrinji Pure Land Sect of Buddhism, located in Eikando Town, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. The temple was erected by Shinsho, a disciple of the famed priest Kukai, in 853 to serve as a Pure Land Sect dojo. Thereafter, a man named Eikan joined the priesthood and began engaging in philanthropic works while spreading Pure Land Buddhism and encouraging people to pray to Amitabha. Accordingly, the name “Eikando” is derived from his name. The temple is famous for its standing figure of Amitabha, which is looking back over its shoulder. An exhibit of the temple’s treasure house is held in November. The temple has also been famous for its autumn foliage since ancient times.

    One of famous autumn leaves temple. Here is special to maintain trees during year for autumn season. It’s said water is impotent for red leaves if few rain they put water to a lot of trees. There are...

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  • Honen-in Temple
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    4.5
    284 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Shishigatanigoshonodanchou 30
    This is a mountain temple of the Jodo Buddhist sect in Higashiyama, with a renovated thatched hut that was once used for six o’clock prayer by Honen priests and their followers. The road leading to the temple has white sand platforms on each side representing water, and by passing between them one’s mind and body can be purified. The garden with pond is particularly wonderful in the autumn season when changing leaves can be seen. The temple is full of special sights including Fusuma-e (painting on a sliding screen) by Kano Mitsunobu, and the grave of Tanizaki Junichiro only open during special time-limited events.

    This temple is a little off the beaten path, and much less visited than other temples in Kyoto. I appreciated the peace and tranquility, and found the moss-covered thatched roof of the front gate to...

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  • Hyakumanben Chionji Temple (Hyakumanben-san)
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    4.0
    97 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Tanakamonzenchou 103
    Located in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, this is one of the head temples of Pure Land Buddhism. After a great earthquake in 1331 resulted in an outbreak of disease, the priest Zenna Kuen made one million prayers for the disease to be alleviated, after which Emperor Go-Daigo granted the temple the title of “Hyakumanben” (“one million prayers”). The temple is the site of many structures designated Important Cultural Properties, including the so-keyaki-zukuri style Image Hall, Amitabha Hall, and Gautama Buddha Hall. A market dedicated to handmade items is also held on the temple grounds every month on the 15th, with some 300 stalls selling handmade goods.

    Chionji is a relatively big temple, which stands at the corner of Higashioji and Imadegawa Avenue. It is very close to Kyoto University and nice to take a walk around. Open-air market of this temple...

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  • Nanzen-ji Zen Temple
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Nanzenjifukuchichou
    The head temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism, located in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. The temple was founded by the priest Mukan Fumon as the Zenrin-ji-dono, the imperial villa of Emperor Kameyama in 1291. The temple’s standing is high; it is considered above the five most important Rinzai temples in both Kyoto and Kamakura. Its triple gate is considered one of the three most impressive temple gates in Kyoto and is also famous as the setting of a scene in the kabuki play Sanmon gosan no kiri, in which the character of Ichikawa Goemon utters the well-known line, “How beautiful, how beautiful!” The temple houses numerous Important Cultural Properties, such as famed painter Kano Tan’yu’s screen paining The Tiger of Mizunomi. The grounds contain an abbot’s residence which is a National Treasure and was moved here from the former imperial palace of Fushimi Castle. The temple’s garden is a dry landscape garden representative of the early Edo period style.
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  • Nanzen-ji Zen Temple Tenjuan
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    119 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Nanzenjifukuchichou
    A sub temple of the Nanzen-ji Zen Temple located in Sakyo Ward in Kyoto City. The temple was built by imperial charter from Emperor Kogon in 1339 as the private hermitage of Mukan Fumon, the priest who founded the Nanzen-ji Zen Temple. Visitors can enjoy two Japanese gardens—a strolling garden built around a central pond thick with trees, and a landscape garden composed of white sand and rhomboidal stones. The fall foliage is gorgeous and the view from the main temple nave is truly superb. The abbot’s chamber is decorated with a screen painting by the famed Hasegawa Tohaku which is a registered Important Cultural Property; unfortunately, however, it is not displayed to the general public.

    Right next to Nanzen-ji San-mon gate the Tenju-an (a subtemple of Nanzen-ji) has a beautiful garden with white gravel field viewed from temple platform and also a stroll garden. The view from temple...

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  • Konchi-in
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    4.5
    110 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Nanzenjifukuchichou
    A sub temple of the Nanzen-ji Zen Temple located in Sakyo Ward in Kyoto City. The temple is said to have been erected in Kitayama by Ashikaga Yoshimochi, the fourth Muromachi shogun, and moved to its current location in 1605. Toshogu Shrine, erected according to the will of the great shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, serves as the temple’s richly decorated main hall. The front hall is famous for paintings such as the Crying Dragon ceiling painting by Kano Tan’yu and the Thirty-Six Great Poets by Tosa Mitsuoki. An Important Cultural Property, the Toshogu Shrine also enshrines a lock of Ieyasu’s hair and his personal image of the Buddha. The main temple nave is famous for its gold wall paintings created in the Kano school style. The grounds offer numerous points of note, such as a tea room deemed on the of three best in Kyoto, as well as the Crane and Tortoise Garden, a designated Place of Scenic Beauty.

    Konchi-in is a temple (a subtemple of Nanzen-ji) with a stroll garden and the “Crane and Turtle Garden”, a karesansui garden viewed from temple balcony. Toshugu shrine on temple grounds has a history...

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  • Nanzen-ji Temple
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Nanzenjifukuchichou
    Nanzen-ji Temple is a famous spot even in Kyoto for viewing the changing leaves of autumn. “Nanzenin” is the site of the villa of Emperor Kameyama (1249–1305) and the original site of Nanzenji Temple. The garden is a stereotypical example of the kind of path around a pond garden of the late Kamakura period, the highlight being the reflection of colored Japanese maple leaves in the pond’s surface. It is also designated as one of Kyoto’s three historic sites and landmark gardens of scenic beauty. The area around Nanzenji Temple is said to be the birthplace of boiled tofu, so it is certainly worth trying some if visiting.
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  • Kurodani,  Konkai-Komyoji Temple
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kurodanichou 121
    A Jyodo Buddhist temple located in the Kurodani-cho area of Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. The temple is popularly known as Kurodani-san. It is also one of the seven head temples of the Jyodo sect and one of the four located in Kyoto. The temple is comprised of 18 sub temple buildings in addition to primary buildings such as the Amitabha Hall, Miei-do Hall, and three-story pagoda. The pagoda, a designated Important Cultural Property, was built in 1634 to memorialize Tokugawa Hidetada. The grounds also host a memorial pillar of the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu’s mother, Ogoh erected by Iemitsu’s wet nurse Lady Kasuga. Highlights include temple treasures such as the Image of Amitabha Crossing the Mountains and Image of Hell and the Pure Land, Important Cultural Properties, as well as a wooden figure of the thousand armed Kannon.

    御影堂を正面に見ると右手方向に立つお堂でした。広い境内に立つだけあって、お堂とは云いながら立派な建築物と云えそうでした。猶、境内の主だった建物にはそれぞれ説明板が立ち、し由来が分かるようになっていました。

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  • Shinshogokuraku-ji Temple (Shin’nyo-do)
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Joudojishinnyochou 82
    This Buddhist temple located in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City is commonly called the Shin’nyo-do. The temple was founded in 984 when the priest Kaisan enshrined a figure of Amitabha from the Jyogyo-do Hall on Mt. Hiei. This figure, called the “Nodding Amitabha,” is said to provide aid to women. The current temple hall was erected in the mid-Edo period (1693–1717). The grounds carry an atmosphere befitting a major temple and are home to the massive main hall (an Important Cultural Property) and a beautiful three–story pagoda. The temple is also fast becoming a popular spot to view the scarlet maple leaves and bustles with visitors in fall.
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  • Reikanji Temple
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Shishigatanigoshonodanchou 12
    This temple is in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. Built in 1654, it is of the Nanzenji branch of the Rinzai Sect of Buddhism. Housing over 200 goshoningyo, (palace dolls), and other treasures, its collection rivals that of the imperial household. There is a Japanese style pond garden on the premises where visitors enjoy the camellias and autumn foliage. During most of the year the temple is not open to the public, but in the spring and autumn peak viewing seasons, it is opened for a special period. Photo: special spring and autumn viewing times.
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  • Kofukuji Temple
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    3.5
    17 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Sakyo-ku Tanakakamiyanagicho 56

    Kofukuji Temple, which is associated with Hideyoshi, is just 3~4 minutes’ walk from Keihan Demachiyanagi station. But it doesn’t make any advertisement, and so there is almost no tourist. As I...

  • Shojoin Temple
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    3.5
    13 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Sakyo-ku Tanakashimoyanagicho 30

    There are three temples, which belong to Jyodoshu sect, near Keihan Demachiyanagi station. This is one of them, which is next to a police box and faces Imadegawa Avenue. As I was there, the gate was...

  • Jishin
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Nanzenjifukuchichou 86-14

    入場料がかかるかいまいちわからず外からのみ。 達磨大師と大きくあり、寺の名前がよくわからない。南禅寺の境内の左手の通り沿いにあります。

  • Jodoin Temple
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Sakyo-ku Ginkakujicho 30
  • Nanzenji Temple Sodo
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Sakyo-ku Nanzenjifukuchicho 86
  • Chotokuji Temple
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Sakyo-ku Tanakashimoyanagicho 34-1
  • Anrakuji Temple
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Sakyo-ku Shishigatanigoshonodancho
  • Kakuenin
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Joudojishinnyochou 82

    真如堂の山門から入山すると長い石段に至る参道の向かって右側に「去来の寺」と云う石柱があります。右折したとこがこの覚円院です。門扉も開かれています。ここは俳人、向井去来の菩提寺です。こじんまりとした寺院で庭園も然程、広くはない。(松尾)芭蕉十哲の一人で「俳諧奉行」と称された向井去来の寺です。山門を入ると右手に「鈴鹿野風呂」の句碑、左手に「小林月史」の句碑もある俳諧の寺院です。

  • Kinmoin
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Shishigatanigoshonodanchou 30

    法然院への坂道、石段を上がって行くと左側に金毛院があります。苔生した独特の風情を醸し出す寺院みたいです。小さな寺院の様子、縁起駒札等は無く、詳細は不詳でした。ここは法然院と同時期に出来たとのことです。法然院の塔頭で、獅子山と云う山号も有する寺院です。浄土宗、本尊は阿弥陀如来坐像。本堂はかつて修学院離宮から移された建物と伝わっています。本堂と云っても普通の居宅のような佇まいでした。参拝の場合は事前に...

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