Search results for Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines
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Rurikoin Temple
- Kyoto
- Rurikoin Temple only allows worship during the special worship period in spring (April to June), and autumn (October to December). The &q...
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Kifune Shrine
- Kyoto
- Kifune is an old shrine that worships a dragon god who controls water. It has had a long history of believers from the ancient times. The...
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Fushimi Inari Taisha
- Kyoto
- Very popular with tourists from overseas! Thousands of torii gates, the symbolic archway to Shinto shrines, have been line the entrance ...
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Kiyomizu Temple
- Kyoto
- The height of the ”Kiyomizu Stage” is equivalent to that of a 4-story building, and the view of the city from Kiyomizu Stage ...
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Togakushi Shrine
- Nagano
- This is a shrine that has been around for over 2,000 years at the foot of Mount Togakushi. It consists of five shrines: the Oku-sha (inne...
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Tofuku-ji Temple
- Kyoto
- This temple has the oldest and biggest ”Garan” (Holy place where priests train) in the world. The templeholds many paintings...
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Gioji Temple
- Kyoto
- This nunnery temple is featured in “Heike Monogatari”, a famous Japanese historical text. The story tells of a Shirabyoshi da...
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Meigetsuin Temple
- Kamakura
- Meigetsuin Temple is commonly referred to as the "Hydrangea Temple", as well as "Meigetsuin Blue". Around 2,500 hydra...
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Senso-ji Temple
- Tokyo
- Built in 628, this is the oldest temple in Tokyo. Famous for its big red lantern hanging from the Kaminari Gate, where the wind god and t...
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Kasuga Grand Shrine
- Nara
- This is a World Heritage site. Beginning with the Fujiwara clan in the Heian period (794 to 1185) until now 3,000 lanterns around the shr...