Higashiyama Ward Temples: 11 Best Places, Ranked

1.Kenninji Temple
★ 4.5(9,457)

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Kenninji is a Buddhist temple in the Gion district of Kyoto. Visitors walk through several Japanese-style gard…
2.Hōkan-ji Temple (Yasaka Pagoda)
★ 4.6(5,859)

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Hokanji is a Buddhist temple located between Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka in Kyoto. It has a five-story wooden pag…
3.Kiyomizu-dera Hondo (Main Hall)
★ 4.6(957)

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Kiyomizu-dera Honden is a Buddhist temple main hall in Kyoto, visited together with Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka. …
4.Kiyomizu-dera, Sanjunoto Pagoda
★ 4.7(229)

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Kiyomizu-dera Sanjunoto is a red three-story wooden pagoda at the entrance to Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto. Up close…
5.Reigen-in Temple
★ 4.3(221)

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Enyuan is a Buddhist temple in the southeastern part of the Kennin-ji grounds in Kyoto. Its dry garden depicts…
6.Okunoin
★ 4.6(145)

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Okunoin is a Buddhist temple located deep within the grounds of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, directly above the Oto…
7.Chion-in Mieido (Founder’s Hall)
★ 4.6(135)

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The Miedo hall is the main hall of Chion-in, the head temple of the Jodo sect, reached through the south gate …
8.Yeonmyeongwon
★ 4.7(53)

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Renmyōin is a Buddhist temple in the grounds and approach of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, dedicated to prayers for …
9.Kiyomizu-dera Asakurado
★ 4.5(49)

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Asakura-do is a Buddhist temple near the entrance of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, enshrining Senju Kannon. It origi…
10.Taesansa
★ 4.1(56)

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Taesansa is a Buddhist temple on the southern high ground within the Kiyomizu-dera precinct, where people pray…
11.Dongboksa Yukbaramun
★ 4.4(16)

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Rokuharamon is a gate at the south end of Tofuku-ji in Kyoto and is an Important Cultural Property of the Budd…