Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #12 in Kyoto, Japan

The Customs Museum is a registered museum in Kyoto Prefecture about The Tale of Genji located in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto. It is operated by the Institute of Religion and Culture.

Wikipedia: 風俗博物館 (JA)

Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺), or, "the Eastern Monastery of the Original Vow", is one of two dominant sub-sects of Shin Buddhism in Japan and abroad, the other being Nishi Honganji. It is also the name of the head temple of the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū in Kyoto, which was most recently constructed in 1895 after a fire burned down the previous temple. As with many sites in Kyoto, these two complexes have more casual names and are known affectionately in Kyoto as Onissan and Ohigashisan .

Wikipedia: Higashi Hongan-ji (EN), Website

Shosei-en Garden (渉成園) is a garden in Kyoto, Japan. The garden has teahouses, a hall with a Buddhist altar, and two ponds. The garden was named by Sennyo Shōnin, who used the garden as a residence when he retired in 1653 and was gifted the land by the shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu. Sennyo Shōnin named the garden after a line in the Chinese poem Let Me Return Home Again by Tao Yuanming.

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Zenkyoan is a temple of the Kenninji sect of the Rinzai sect located at 146 Komatsu-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture. The head of the tower of Kenninji Temple. The main Buddha is the Holy Kannon Bodhisattva. It is known as a temple dedicated to the secret Buddha Mari Shiten. The 12 fusuma paintings by Kaihoku Tomomatsu are important cultural properties and are deposited at the Kyoto National Museum.

Wikipedia: 禅居庵 (JA), Website

Kyoto Ebisu Shrine is a shrine located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. The former company name is Gosha. It has attracted the faith of the people with prosperous business, prosperous family fortune, safe travel, and prosperity. The registered name of the religious corporation is Ebisu Shrine.

Wikipedia: 京都ゑびす神社 (JA), Website

Ryosokuin is a temple of the Kenninji sect of the Rinzai sect located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. The head of the tower of Kenninji Temple. The honzon is Amitabha.

Wikipedia: 両足院 (JA)

Kennin-ji is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, and head temple of its associated branch of Rinzai Buddhism. It is considered to be one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five most important Zen temples of Kyoto".

Wikipedia: Kennin-ji (EN), Website

Rokudōchinnoji Temple is a temple of the Kenninji sect of the Rinzai sect located in Komatsu-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. The name of the mountain is Mt. Tsubaki. The honzon is Yakushi Nyorai. It is known for the "Six Paths" from August 7 to 10, the well where Ono is said to have passed through the underworld. Commonly known as "Rokumichi Mr./Ms.". This area is said to be the "Tsuji of the Six Paths".

Wikipedia: 六道珍皇寺 (JA)

Nichiren Temple or Nichitaiji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Shimizu, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Tokosho. The former main temple is Ōmotoyama Honkuji Temple (Rokujōmon-ryū), Yushi Hoen. One of the 12 Zodiac Mysteries of Luoyang (known as the Great Bodhisattva of the Snake and the Zhen Residence of Qingshui). In the precincts is the grave of Tanaka Obigen (a painter of the Edo period).

Wikipedia: 日體寺 (JA)

Anshoin is a temple of the Pure Land sect located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. The name of the mountain is Higashiyama. The honzon is Amitabha. It is said that the Jizo Son, which is enshrined in the Jizo Hall in the temple grounds, will fulfill all wishes if you pray for a fixed number of days, and it is called Higiri Jizo. Luoyang Six Amitabha Tour No. 4 Temple.

Wikipedia: 安祥院 (京都市) (JA)

Kiyomizu-dera is a Buddhist temple located in eastern Kyoto, Japan. The temple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Shrines called landlord shrines are broadly divided into the following. When a shrine or temple is built, a shrine is built to enshrine the landlord god of the land. It may be built as a shrine within the precincts of the shrine, or it may be located adjacent to the temple. Most of the landlord shrines adjacent to the temple were originally part of the adjacent temple (Chinshusha), but most of them became independent due to the separation of Shinto and Buddhist shrines in the Meiji era. In this case, there are also places that read "jinushi jinja". A shrine located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. It is adjacent to Kiyomizu Temple. It is particularly famous among the many landlord shrines in Japan.

Wikipedia: 地主神社 (JA)

Sannenzaka, or Sannen-zaka (三年坂), is a stone-paved pedestrian road and tourist attraction in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The road is lined with traditional buildings and shops, and is often paired with the similar road, Ninenzaka. The two roads lead to Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kodaiji Temple and Yasaka-jinjia Shrine, which are a few famous sights in Kyoto. Sannenzaka itself is a narrow slope that is fill with around 60 shops and restaurants that sell traditional Kyoto products and food. There are also notable shops for visitors to get a hands-on experience of Japanese culture, including tea ceremonies, as well as Maiko and Geisha makeovers.

Wikipedia: Sannenzaka (EN)

Ninenzaka, or Ninen-zaka (二年坂) is an ancient 150m stone-paved pedestrian road and tourist attraction in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The road is lined with traditional buildings and shops, and is often paired with the similar road, Sannenzaka.

Wikipedia: Ninenzaka (EN)

The Yasaka Pagoda, also known as the Tower of Yasaka, is a Buddhist pagoda located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The 5-story tall pagoda is the last remaining structure of a 6th-century temple complex known as Hōkan-ji (法観寺). The pagoda is now a tourist attraction.

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Yasaka Kōshin-dō (八坂庚申堂), or in its full name Daikoku-san Kongō-ji Kōshin-dō (大黒山金剛寺庚申堂) is a small temple located in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Japan. The temple is located near Kiyomizu-dera.

Wikipedia: Yasaka Kōshin-dō (EN)

The Ryōzen Kannon (霊山観音) is a war memorial commemorating the dead of the Pacific War located in Eastern Kyoto. The concrete and steel statue of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Kannon) was built by Hirosuke Ishikawa and unveiled on 8 June 1955. The statue is 24 m (80 ft) high and weighs approximately 500 tons.

Wikipedia: Ryōzen Kannon (EN)

Kōdai-ji , formally identified as Jubuzan Kōdai-ji , is a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan—the largest subtemple of the Kennin-ji branch.

Wikipedia: Kōdai-ji (EN), Website

Matsubayashi Iiyama was a Confucian scholar of the Omura clan during the Edo period. His name is Iiyama, his name is Hou Hong, and his nickname is Rennosuke.

Wikipedia: 松林飯山 (JA)

Higashiyama Summit Park is a park located in Higashiyama, on the east side of the Kyoto Basin, on the border between Higashiyama Ward and Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. With the opening of the Higashiyama Driveway in 1960, it was opened as a park with an observation space overlooking the city of Kyoto.

Wikipedia: 東山山頂公園 (JA)