Shrines Temples Daitoku-Ji 大徳寺 Priority Rank Cost Daitoku-Ji temple is the "headquarters" Zen Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect; Daitoku-Ji shchool. It is a very large complex with ov... Detail Page
Shrines Temples Enko-Ji 圓光寺 Priority Rank Cost Enkoji Temple is a Zen Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect. It was founded in 1601 by Tokugawa Ieyasu a famous Shogun during the Edo pe... Detail Page
Shrines Temples Enryaku-Ji on Mount Hieizan 延暦寺 Priority Rank Cost Headquarters for the Tendai sect, Enryaku-Ji is a Buddhist temple on Hiei Mountain near Kyoto. Established in 788 by monk Saicho with ... Detail Page
Area Kibune Town 貴船 Priority Rank Cost free Kibune ("Yellow Boat") is a quaint and pretty little small town up in the northern valleys of Kyoto City which was built around the Ki... Detail Page
Shrines Temples Kinkaku-ji 金閣寺 Priority Rank Cost Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion) is one of the most well known places about Japan around the world. It is a UN World Heritage Site, putting ... Detail Page
Shrines Temples Kitano Tenmangu 北野天満宮 Priority Rank Cost free First built in 947 to appease the angry spirit of Sugawara No Michizane (a poet and scholar who had been exiled by his enemies in the ... Detail Page
Area Kurama 鞍馬 Priority Rank Cost free Kurama is a small town about an hour from Kyoto that offers a nice Japanese town, a temple (Kurama-dera) and an Onsen (Japanese Hot Sp... Detail Page
Shrines Temples Manshu-In 曼殊院門跡 Priority Rank Cost Manshuin temple (in Japanese; Manshuin Tera 曼殊院門跡) is a Japanese Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect. It is located near the ... Detail Page
Shrines Temples Ninna-ji 仁和寺 Priority Rank Cost free Ninnaji Temple (in Japanese; Ninna Ji 仁和寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon Sect. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage site and... Detail Page
Shrines Temples Ryoan-ji 龍安寺 Priority Rank Cost Ryoanji, which is a very cool name in English: The Temple of the Dragon at Peace, (in Japanese; Ryoan Ji 龍安寺) is "The" most famo... Detail Page
Shrines Temples Sanzen-In 三千院門跡 Priority Rank Cost Sanzenin Temple (in Japanese; Sanzen In 三千院) is up in Ohara town, North of Kyoto (see our info on Ohara here). It takes about an... Detail Page
Shrines Temples Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine 上賀茂神社 Priority Rank Cost free The Kamo Shrines are composed of Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine on the Kamo River in northeast Kyoto. In ancient times people o... Detail Page
