Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #15 in Kyoto, Japan

Anrakuji Temple is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Shikagaya Goshonodancho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. The name of the mountain is Mt. Sumiren. The honzon is Amitabha. At the beginning of the Kamakura period, the disciples of the founder of the Pure Land sect, Hōren, Sumirenbo (hereinafter referred to as Sumiren) and Anrakubo (hereinafter referred to as Anraku), established a dojo for the Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism. It is famous for its pumpkin offering, which is held in July to pray for protection from the wind. It is also commonly known as Matsumushi Suzumushi Temple.

Wikipedia: 安楽寺 (京都市) (JA)

Shinshōgokuraku-ji (真正極楽寺) or Shinnyo-dō (真如堂) is a Buddhist Tendai temple in Kyoto. It was established in 984 AD by the monk Kaisan, who was originally from Enryaku-ji. The word gokuraku in its name refers to Sukhāvatī, the Pure Land of the West.

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Saiunin is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Kuroya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. The head of the tower of the Golden Commandment Temple. The name of the mountain is Purple Cloud Mountain. The honzon is Amitabha. It is known by the common name "Shiunseki".

Wikipedia: 西雲院 (JA)

Konkaikōmyōji (金戒光明寺), also the Kurodani Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of Head Temple of the Jōdo Sect of Buddhism.

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Okazaki Shrine is a shrine located in Okazaki Higashi-Tenno-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. It is also known as the "Eastern Heavenly King". Since the surrounding area was once the habitat of wild rabbits, rabbits are said to be the messengers of the gods.

Wikipedia: 岡崎神社 (JA)

Shinshu Otani Okazaki Betsuin is a temple of the Shinshu Oya sect located in Okazaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. A separate temple of Motoyama Higashi Honganji. The honzon is Amitabha. It is located west of Shirakawa-dori on Marutamachi-dori, and is close to Kinkomyoji Temple and Okazaki Park. This place is said to be the site of Okazaki Soan, where Shinran lived.

Wikipedia: 真宗大谷派岡崎別院 (JA)

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

Wikipedia: Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (EN)

Kumano Wakaoji-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Wakaoji-cho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. It was ranked as a sonsha (village shrine) under the old shrine classification system. It was once a chinju-sha shrine (a shrine dedicated to a deity) of Zenrin-ji Temple. It is located at the south end of the path of philosophy. It is commonly called Wakaoji-jinja Shrine. It is one of the three Kumano in Kyoto.

Wikipedia: 熊野若王子神社 (JA)

The Heian-jingu Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The Shrine is ranked as a Beppyō Jinja (別表神社) by the Association of Shinto Shrines. It is listed as an important cultural property of Japan.

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Shogoin is the main temple of the Motoyama Shugenshu sect located in Nakamachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. There is no mountain number. The honzon is Fudo Myo. The opening of the mountain is an increase. It is also called the ruins of the Shogoin Gate. It was also called Jinlinfu. It used to be one of the ruins of the Tendai Sect Temple Gate Sect (Tendai Temple Gate Sect).

Wikipedia: 聖護院 (JA)

Kumano Shrine is a shrine located in Sanno-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. It used to be the shrine of the Holy Protector. The former name is Kumanosha. One of the three Kumano in Kyoto. It is also called Kyoto Kumano Shrine after the place.

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Kitagaki National Highway は, 廮志士, Meiji era の bureaucrat, politician. 小名は舍蔵。 Commonly known as Shintaro. No. は Jingya.

Wikipedia: 北垣国道 (JA)

The Shimadzu Founding Memorial Museum is a museum located in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. Shimadzu Corporation opened it in 1975 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its founding, in memory of its founder, Genzo Shimadzu. It consists of the South Building (built in 1888) and the North Building (built in 1894), and the building that was used as Shimadzu's residence and research institute in the early days of its founding is preserved and open to the public. Both the south and north buildings are registered tangible cultural properties of the country (registered in December 1999).

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Suminokura Ryōi was a merchant and shipper of Edo period Kyoto.

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The Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier, also called Kawaramachi Church, is a parish of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church in the city of Kyoto, and cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyoto in Japan.

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Tenshoji Temple is a temple of the Pure Land sect located in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. The honzon is Amitabha.

Wikipedia: 天性寺 (京都市) (JA)

Gosho Hachimangu is a shrine located in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto. The former company name is Murasha. It is said to have been solicited by Ashikaga Takashi, and is called Tōchi-in Hachiman-gu from the name of Takashi-no-kun, Takakura Hachiman-gu, Oike-no-Hachiman-san, and Mushi Hachiman.

Wikipedia: 御所八幡宮 (JA)

The Kyoto International Manga Museum is located in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The museum's collection includes approximately 300,000 items as of 2016, with 50,000 volumes of manga that can be accessed and read by visitors and approximately 250,000 items in its closed-stack collection, which can be accessed via a dedicated research room supported by reference facilities. Collected materials include Edo period woodblock prints, pre-war magazines, post-war rental books, and popular modern series from around the world.

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Mikaneji Shrine is a shrine located in Chukyo -ku, Kyoto. A shrine decorated with golden torii gates, and hopes for the success of asset management, securities and transactions, etc. as a shrine that covers metal, and in particular, winning races, bicycle racing, etc. A large amount of ginkgo -shaped ema is dedicated. Originally, we dedicate molds related to architecture, such as architectural molds, architectural design, and shipbuilding. The gold "gold" means metal.

Wikipedia: 御金神社 (JA)

Nijō Castle is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings (Kuruwa) of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace, various support buildings and several gardens. The surface area of the castle is 275,000 square metres, of which 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft) is occupied by buildings.

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