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
Shrines Temples Kiyomizu-dera 清水寺 Priority Rank Cost free One of the most well known and famous temples in Kyoto, The Kiyomizu-dera temple is an independent Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. T... Detail Page
Shrines Temples Kodai-ji 高台寺 Priority Rank Cost free The Kodaiji temple was made in memory of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who has a great influence in Japanese history. Built in 1606, the temple was... 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 Myoshin-Ji 大本山妙心寺 Priority Rank Cost Myoshin-Ji (in Japanese; Myoshin Ji 大本山妙心寺) is a Japanese Buddhist temple and the "head temple" of the Myos... Detail Page
Shrines Temples Nanzen-ji 南禅寺 Priority Rank Cost The Nanzenji temple (in Japanese; Nanzen Ji 南禅寺) is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto located at the Higashiyama mountains and is con... 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 Saiho-Ji 西芳寺 Priority Rank Cost Saiho-Ji, or better known as Kokedera, (in Japanese; Koke Dera 西芳寺) is a UNESCO World Heritage site and very difficult to visit ... Detail Page
Shrines Temples Sanjusangendo 蓮華王院 三十三間堂 Priority Rank Cost free Sanjusangendo (in Japanese; Sanjyusan Gendo 三十三間堂), which literally means "Hall with thirty three spaces between columns" (an ... 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
