Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #12 in Kyoto, Japan

Byōdō-ji (平等寺) is a Buddhist temple in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1003, and it is dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai. The temple is affiliated with the Shingon-shū Chizan-ha. It is also known as Inabadō or Inaba Yakushi (因幡堂、因幡薬師).

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Bukkō-ji , also known as the "Temple of the Buddha's Light", was originally named Kōshō-ji, a Jōdo Shinshū temple in the Yamashina ward of Kyoto, which later moved to the heart of Kyoto. The temple was founded and officially opened by a disciple named Ryōgen in 1324, but by the 15th century, Bukkō-ji was the largest and most successful temple, and its network of branch temples extending throughout the provinces of western Japan. As a rival to the Hongan-ji, it received much criticism for its evangelical practices from Kakunyo the head of the Hongan-ji. Around 1481, however, Bukkō-ji became a subordinate temple to the Hongan-ji. Many of the Bukkō-ji's congregation thus became members of the Hongan-ji, thus greatly reducing the stature.

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Jotokuji Temple is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Honshiogama Town, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto. The name of the mountain is Mt. Shiogama (Mt. Ensozan). The honzon is Amitabha. It is known by its common name Yotsugi Jizo.

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The Kyoto City School History Museum is a museum located in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. Until 2010 (Heisei 22), the Kyoto City Lifelong Learning Promotion Foundation was operated, and from 2011 (Heisei 23), the Kyoto City Board of Education was operated. In addition to a permanent exhibition centered on the former program elementary school, a special exhibition is held four to five times a year. The first director is Masaaki Ueda (~ 2005), and the current director is Junayuki Uemura.

Wikipedia: 京都市学校歴史博物館 (JA)

A Salvation Army corps is a local church organization and physical place of worship in The Salvation Army. Like the Christian term "church" a corps includes both the physical building and the body of members who attend at the building. In keeping with Salvationist convention in using military terminology, corps are sometimes casually known as barracks. Traditionally many corps buildings are alternatively called temples or citadels, such as Openshaw Citadel. The Salvation Army also uses the more traditional term "church" for some local congregations and their buildings.

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Nishiki Market is a marketplace in downtown Kyoto, located on the east end of Nishikikōji Street, one block north and parallel to Shijō Street and west of Teramachi Street . Rich with history and tradition, the market is renowned as the place to obtain many of Kyoto's famous foods and goods.

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Nishiki Tenmangū is a Shinto shrine located in the Nakagyō-ku district of Kyoto, Japan.

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Shinkyōgoku Street is a shopping street that runs from north to south in the center of the city of Kyoto. The street extends for approximately 500 m from Sanjō Street on its northern end to Shijō Street on its southern end and it is located between Ura Teramachi Street and Teramachi Street.

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Izumo no Okuni was a Japanese entertainer and shrine maiden who is believed to have invented the theatrical art form of kabuki. She is thought to have begun performing her new art style of kabuki theatre in the dry riverbed of the Kamo River in Kyoto. Okuni's troupe quickly gained immense popularity, and were known for their performers, who were often lower-class women Okuni had recruited to act in her all-female theatre group.

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Minami-za is the primary kabuki theatre in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded in 1610 as Shijō Minami-za. The current building, with a 1,086 seat capacity, was built in 1929.

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Chūgenji Temple is a temple of the Pure Land sect located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. The name of the mountain is Mt. Jufuku. The honzon is Jizo Bodhisattva. It is also called Meyami Jizo and is believed to have a spiritual experience for eye diseases. Guanyin Hall (Honzon, Thousand Hands Kannon) is the 16th temple of the 33 Guanyin Sacred Places in Luoyang.

Wikipedia: 仲源寺 (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".

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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)

Emperor Sutoku was the 75th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

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Entokuin is a Rinzai sect temple of Kenninji located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. It is a sub-temple of Kodaiji. The main deity is Shakyamuni Buddha. It is known for being the residence of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's legal wife, Kita no Mandokoro, in her later years, and is also said to be the place of her demise. The three-faced Daikokuten housed there is believed to be Hideyoshi's personal deity.

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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.

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Sourinji Temple is a Tendai sect temple located in Wajio-cho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. The mountain name is Ryoju-san (or Kintama-san). The temple's name is correctly referred to as Sharasōju-in. The main deities are Yakushi Nyorai and Daisei Kanki-ten.

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Chorakuji is a Jishu (Yugyo-ha) temple located in Maruyama-cho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. Its mountain name is Odaizan. The principal image is Junsei Kannon. It is situated southeast of Maruyama Park. The former precincts were vast, including most of Maruyama Park and a large part of the Otani family temple (Higashi Otani) of the Honganji sect. It is the 7th temple of the 33 Kannon sacred sites in Kyoto.

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Anyoji is a Jishu temple located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. Its mountain name is Jienzan, and its principal image is Amida Nyorai. It is situated at the northeastern corner of Maruyama Park, at the foot of the Higashiyama mountains in the Kyoto basin. It is also said to be the Yoshimizu Kousan associated with Honen Shonin and Shinran Shonin.

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Isshinin is a temple of the Jodo sect in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, and the main temple of the Jodo sect. The name of the mountain is Gunsensan. The honzon is Amitabha. It is surrounded by many of the grounds of Chion-in, but it is a separate temple independent of the temple.

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Chion-in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan is the headquarters of the Jōdo-shū founded by Hōnen (1133–1212), who proclaimed that sentient beings are reborn in Amida Buddha's Western Paradise by reciting the nembutsu, Amida Buddha's name.

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Miyazaki Yūzen , also known as Miyazaki Yūzensai or Yūzenzai (友禅斎), was a Japanese fan painter who perfected the yūzen fabric dyeing technique.

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Guanyin is a common Chinese name of the bodhisattva associated with compassion known as Avalokiteśvara. Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means "[The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World". Due to sociogeographical factors, Guanyin can be historically depicted as genderless or adorning an androgynous apprentice. On the 19th day of the sixth lunar month, Guanyin's attainment of Buddhahood is celebrated. Guanyin has been appropriated by other religions, including Taoism and Chinese folk religion.

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Maruyama Park is a park in Kyoto, Japan. It is noted as the main center for cherry blossom viewing in Kyoto, and can get extremely crowded at that time of year (April). The park's star attraction is a weeping cherry tree (shidarezakura) which becomes lit up at night. It also becomes busy in the New Year's Eve Festivals.

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Yasaka Shrine , once called Gion Shrine , is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto, Japan. Situated at the east end of Shijō-dōri, the shrine includes several buildings, including gates, a main hall and a stage. The Yasaka shrine is dedicated to Susanoo in the tradition of the Gion faith as its chief kami, with his consort Kushinadahime on the east, and eight offspring deities on the west. The yahashira no mikogami include Yashimajinumi no kami, Itakeru no kami, Ōyatsuhime no kami, Tsumatsuhime no kami, Ōtoshi no kami, Ukanomitama no kami, Ōyatsuhiko no kami, and Suseribime no mikoto.

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Le musée des kanjis (漢字博物館, Kanji myūjiamu), officiellement nommé Japan Kanji Museum & Library (漢検 漢字博物館・図書館, Kanken kanji hakubutsukan toshokan), est un musée situé dans l'arrondissement Higashiyama de Kyoto, au Japon. Ouvert depuis juin 2016, il est entièrement consacré aux caractères chinois qui structurent une partie de la forme écrite de la langue japonaise.

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Shōren-in (青蓮院) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.

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Awata Shrine is a shrine located in Awataguchi Kaji-cho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. Its former status was that of a prefectural shrine.

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Aizuchi Inari Shrine is an Inari shrine located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.

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The Keage Incline was an inclined railway (incline) that formed a section of the boat transportation route by the Lake Biwa Canal in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto.

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Hyuga Daijingu Shrine is a shrine located in Yamashina-ku, Kyoto. It is a small Shikinai company, and the former company name is a village company. It is located on Mt. Shinmei along the Tokaido and Sanjo-dori roads, and is also known as the "Ise of Kyoto".

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Nanzen-in is a temple of the Nanzenji sect of the Rinzai sect located in Fukuchi-cho, Nanzenji, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. The head of the pagoda of Daihonzan Nanzen-ji Temple. The main statue is a statue of His Holiness Kameyama. It is said to be the birthplace of Nanzenji. In front of the gate, a waterway pavilion built as part of the Lake Biwa Irrigation Project passes.

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Konchi-in (金地院) is a Buddhist temple in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, western Japan.

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