Kyoto Temples (34)

Toji (Kyoogokokuji) is a Shingon Buddhist temple founded in 796, a 15-minute walk from Kyoto Station. It holds…

Ginkaku-ji, formally named Jisho-ji, is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto that is visited together with the Philosoph…

Nanzenji is a large Buddhist temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, with a massive mountain gate standing at its entran…

Ryoanji is a Buddhist temple a 10-minute walk from Ryōan-ji Station in Kyoto. Its central feature is a karesan…

Kenninji is a Buddhist temple in the Gion district of Kyoto. Visitors walk through several Japanese-style gard…

Hokanji is a Buddhist temple located between Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka in Kyoto. It has a five-story wooden pag…

Ninna-ji is a Buddhist temple founded in 888 and the head temple of the Omuro branch of Shingon Buddhism, loca…

Nishi Honganji is a large temple near Kyoto Station where visitors can see Japanese Buddhist heritage. It is a…

Shorenin is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto where visitors can see Japanese-style gardens and temple buildings toge…

Daitokuji is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. It is a place for walking quietly among Japanese-style gardens and ba…

Honenin is a small Buddhist temple located between the Philosopher's Path and Jishoji in Kyoto. It has a moss-…

Yokokuji is a Buddhist temple in the mountains on the outskirts of Kyoto, about a 15-minute taxi ride from Nis…

Shisen-do is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto that takes almost an hour by bus from Kyoto Station. It is a small, qu…

Kiyomizu-dera Honden is a Buddhist temple main hall in Kyoto, visited together with Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka. …

Shodenji is a Buddhist temple in the northern outskirts of Kyoto, in Kita Ward, and it holds a karesansui gard…

Kiyomizu-dera Sanjunoto is a red three-story wooden pagoda at the entrance to Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto. Up close…

Goei-do is a large Buddhist temple within walking distance of Kyoto Station and near Kyoto Tower. The Yoiden h…

Enyuan is a Buddhist temple in the southeastern part of the Kennin-ji grounds in Kyoto. Its dry garden depicts…

Okunoin is a Buddhist temple located deep within the grounds of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, directly above the Oto…

The Miedo hall is the main hall of Chion-in, the head temple of the Jodo sect, reached through the south gate …

Sekihoji is a Obaku Zen Buddhist temple a 10-minute walk from Fushimi Inari Taisha, where five hundred arhat s…

Jogyang-san Zendan Oen Fumyo Horin-ji is a Jodo sect temple in Kyoto where visitors can see a black lucky cat …

Senpukurin-ji is a small Buddhist temple in Kyoto, reached by walking about five minutes from a side path by N…

Renmyōin is a Buddhist temple in the grounds and approach of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, dedicated to prayers for …

Gwangcheongsa is a temple north of the Shichihonmatsu bus stop in Marutamachi, Kyoto. In front of the main hal…

Choi Seungwon is a subtemple of Nanzenji, located on the mountain path east of the Nanzenji Suirokaku in Kyoto…

Asakura-do is a Buddhist temple near the entrance of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, enshrining Senju Kannon. It origi…

Suiseongwon is a Buddhist temple in Myoshin-ji in Kyoto with ties to Ishida Mitsunari. Visitors with reservati…

Taesansa is a Buddhist temple on the southern high ground within the Kiyomizu-dera precinct, where people pray…

Yonganji is a Jodo-shu Buddhist temple in Kyoto that runs programs presenting Buddhism in contemporary forms. …

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

Jōkyō-ji is a Jōdo-shū temple located near Kyoto's downtown. It shares a building with Mitsui Garden Hotel, an…

Jeongsuwon is a Buddhist temple in Kita Ward, Kyoto. Only mourners visit, and it does not admit tourists. The …