[Selections]Popular sightseeing spots around Kyoto Prefecture
「history」Sightseeing spots around Kyoto Prefecture
Chion-in, the head temple of the Jodo sect
This temple was founded by Honen Shonin. Known as the founder of the Pure Land sect, Honen Shonin be...
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Ryoma Sakamoto's Kyoto Sacred Mountain Gokoku Shrine
The precincts are famous for the gravestones of Ryoma Sakamoto, Shintaro Nakaoka, Kogoro Katsura, an...
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Yasaka Shrine
It is also known as "Gion-san" and is famous for the Gion Festival in July. It is a power spot of b...
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Kodaiji Temple
Kodaiji Temple is a temple that retains the architectural style of the Momoyama period, and is desig...
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Bakumatsu Meiji Restoration Museum
The history of Japan from the end of the Tokugawa shogunate to the Meiji Restoration is introduced w...
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Heian Jingu Shrine
Heian Jingu Shrine was built in 1895 to commemorate the 1100th anniversary of the transfer of the an...
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Yasaka Koshindo, a colorful ball
Yasaka Koshindo is said to have been built at the end of the Heian period. The grounds of Yasaka ...
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Jishu Shrine, the God of Matchmaking
Jishu Shrine is especially famous for the gods of marriage and fulfillment of love, and is visited b...
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Kiyomizu-dera Temple
Also, Kiyomizu-dera has night visits during certain periods in spring, summer, and autumn. It is rec...
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Nanzen-ji Temple
Nanzenji Temple was built in the early 13th century and played a central role in establishing Zen Bu...
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Yasui Konpira Shrine
Yasui Konpiragu Shrine is not only known as the god of marriage, but it is also said to have the pow...
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Kenninji Temple
Kennin-ji Temple was founded in 1202 for the purpose of propagating Zen Buddhism. It was opened by t...
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