Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #18 in Kyoto, Japan

Shokoji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Gakuyo Mountain. One of the 21 temples in Nakchu Hoka Temple. Also known as Ginko Temple. The former main temple is Minobusan Kuonji.

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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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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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Kyoto City School History Museum is a museum located in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. Until 2010 (Heisei 22), it is operated by the Kyoto City Lifelong Learning Promotion Foundation, and from 2011 (Heisei 23), it is operated by the Kyoto City Board of Education. In addition to the permanent exhibition, which is centered on the former program elementary school, special exhibitions are held 4~5 times a year. The first director of the museum was Masaaki Ueda (~2005), and the current director is Atsuyuki Uemura.

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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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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.

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

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Entokuin Temple is a temple of the Kenninji sect of the Rinzai sect located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. The head of the tower of Kodaiji Temple. The main Buddha is Buddha. It is known that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's main office, the Northern Political Office, was his home base in his later years, and one theory says that it is also the place of its demise. The three-sided Daikokuten in the collection is said to be Hideyoshi's Buddha of Mind.

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Anyoji Temple is a temple of Tokimune located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. The name of the mountain is Mt. Cien. The honzon is Amitabha. It is located at the foot of Higashiyama Mountain in the Kyoto Basin, in the northeast corner of Maruyama Park. It is also said to be a Yoshimizu Soan related to the lawful saint Shinran Saint.

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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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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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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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The Kanji Museum (漢字ミュージアム, Kanji myūjiamu), officially named Japan Kanji Museum & Library (漢検漢字博物館・図書館, Kanken kanji hakubutsukan toshokan), is a museum located in Higashiyama Ward in Kyoto, Japan. Open since June 2016, it is entirely dedicated to the Chinese characters that structure part of the written form of the Japanese language.

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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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Hozoji Temple is a temple of the Nishiyama Fukakusa sect of the Jodo sect located in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto. The name of the mountain is Mt. Mugaku. The honzon is Amitabha. It is a temple related to Ito Jakubu.

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