Kyoto (Place(s) of worship)

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Byōdō-in (1)
平等院
1053
Byōdō-in (平等院) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture. It is jointly a temple of the Jodo Shu (Pure Land) and Tendai sects.

Daigo-ji (2)
醍醐寺
951
Daigo-ji (醍醐寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto. The main image (honzon) is Yakushi.

Daisen-in (9)
大仙院
The Great Hermit Temple
between 1509 and 1513
Daisen-in (大仙院), The Great Hermit Temple, is a subtemple of Daitoku-ji. It has outstanding examples of Muromachi kare sansui gardens and interesting Hojo architecture, including (replica) fusuma paintings by Soami (d. 1525). Rinzai Zen Buddhism.

Daitoku-ji (3)
Daitoku-ji - 大徳寺 - Ryuhozan - 龍寳山
Ryuhozan - 龍宝山
1474
Daitoku-ji (大徳寺 - Daitoku-ji) is a Buddhist temple, one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, founded in 1315 or 1319 by Shuho Myocho and located in Kita-ku.

Ginkaku-ji (6)
銀閣寺
Jisho-ji - "Temple of the Silver Pavilion"
1474
Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺), the "Temple of the Silver Pavilion", is a Buddhist temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto. The official name is Jishō-ji (慈照寺) or the "Temple of Shining Mercy".

Higashi Hongan-ji (5)
本願寺
Temple of the Primal Vow
Hongan-ji (本願寺 - temple of the Primal Vow), also archaically romanized as Hongwanji, is the collective name of the largest school of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism (which further sub-divides into the Nishi and Higashi branches).

Kennin-ji (8)
建仁寺
Zuiryusan Kennin-ji
XIIIrd century
Kennin-ji (建仁寺) is a historic Zen Buddhist temple at 584 Komatsu-cho, Higashiyama-ku, near Gion in Kyoto.

Myōshin-ji (6)
妙心寺
妙心寺
Myōshin-ji (妙心寺 - Myōshin-ji) is a temple complex in Kyoto. The Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen Buddhism is the largest school in Rinzai Zen. This particular school contains within it more than three thousand temples throughout Japan, along with nineteen monasteries.

Ninna-ji (12)
仁和寺
Temple de la Paix Charitable
XVIIth century
Ninna-ji (仁和寺 - Ninna-ji) is a large Omuro-ha Shingon Buddhist temple complex in western Kyoto, founded in AD 888 by the retired Emperor Uda.

Rokuon-jii (15)
Kinkaku-ji Temple
Golden Pavilion

This temple was originally the country villa (known as Kitayamadai) of Saionji, a court aristocrat, then acquired by the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu after his abdication in 1397. It was converted to a Zen temple by Muso Soseki after Yoshimitsu's death.

Ryoan-ji (8)
Shinjitai : 竜安寺 - Kyūjitai : 龍安寺
The Temple of the Peaceful Dragon
1450
Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai : 竜安寺 - Kyūjitai : 龍安寺) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto. Belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, the temple is one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto.

Sanjūsangen-dō (8)
三十三間堂
Pavillon des Trente-trois Intervalles
between 1251 and 1256
Sanjūsangen-dō (三十三間堂?) is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama District of Kyoto. Officially known as "Rengeō-in" (蓮華王院), or Hall of the Lotus King, Sanjūsangen-dō belongs to and is run by the Myoho-in temple, a part of the Tendai school of Buddhism.

Shôkoku-ji (16)
Mannenzan Shôkoku Joten Zenji

Shôkoku-ji is located on Imadegawa Street, which runs along the north side of the palace, in front of its north Imadegawa Gate.

Tōfuku-ji (4)
東福寺
Tōfuku-ji (東福寺) is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto. It takes its name from two temples in Nara, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji.

Yasaka-jinja (10)
八坂神社
Yasaka Shrine
between 1654 and 1664
Yasaka Shrine (八坂神社 - Yasaka-jinja), once called Gion Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto. Situated at the east end of Shijō-dōri (Fourth Avenue), it was built originally in 656. The shrine includes several buildings, including gates, a main hall and a stage.

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