Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #13 in Kyoto, Japan

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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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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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.

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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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Taishogun Shrine is a shrine located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.

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Kongoji Temple is a temple of the Pure Land sect located in Gokencho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. The main temple is Chion-in. The name of the mountain is all Kyoyama. It originated from the Amida Hall opened by Gyoki in the valley of Mt. Higashi-Iwakura during the Tenpei period. The honzon is Amitabha.

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

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Awata Shrine is a shrine located in Awataguchi Kajimachi, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. The former company name was Fusha.

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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.

Wikipedia: 蹴上インクライン (JA)

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

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Tenjuan 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 name of the mountain is Mt. Zuiryu. The main Buddha is Buddha. It was opened by the 15th generation of Nanzenji Temple, Huguan Shiren, as a pagoda to enshrine Muguan Pumon (Daming Guoshi) of Nanzenji Kaizan.

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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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Nanzen-ji , or Zuiryusan Nanzen-ji, formerly Zenrin-ji , is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Emperor Kameyama established it in 1291 on the site of his previous detached palace. It is also the headquarters of the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. The precincts of Nanzen-ji are a nationally designated Historic Site and the Hōjō gardens a Place of Scenic Beauty. The temple was destroyed in a fire in 1895 and rebuilt in 1909.

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For other temples by similar names, see Zenrin-ji.

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