Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Kyoto, Japan

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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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 Hachimangu from the name of Takashi, Takakura Hachimangu, Oike no Hachiman Mr./Ms., and Mushi Hachiman.

Wikipedia: 御所八幡宮 (JA)

Honnō-ji (本能寺) is a temple of the Nichiren branch of Buddhism located in Kyoto, Japan.

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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).

Wikipedia: 島津創業記念資料館 (JA), Website

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

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Satisfied Inari Shrine is a shrine located in Higashioji -jin, Sakyo -ku, Kyoto -shi. Known as "satisfied". The old business is a village shrine.

Wikipedia: 満足稲荷神社 (JA)

Honmyoji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Higashi-iri-Kitamon-mae-cho, Niomon-dori, Higashi-oji, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan. The name of the mountain is Xiangguang Mountain. The former main temple is Kyoto Myokaku-ji Temple, and the Shrine of the Temple. In the precincts are the graves of Yoshida Kaneryo and Kanesada father and son, and Kaiga Tomonobu, which are called the temple of Ako Yoshishi.

Wikipedia: 本妙寺 (京都市) (JA)

Saihoji Temple is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Gankai Mountain. The honzon is Amitabha. Kaiki (founder) is said to be the left minister of the late Heian period, Daiku-Mikado Sutra. The Bodhi temple of the Fujiwara clan and the Ōkō Mikado family, the Ayakoji family, which is one of the Uta Emperors, and the Gotsuji family. It is usually closed to the public, but it may be open to the public on special occasions such as special exhibitions of cultural properties that are not open to the public in Kyoto.

Wikipedia: 西方寺 (京都市左京区) (JA)

Myōdenji Temple is the main temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Kitamonzen-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Hokyo. There are five temples (Myosha-in, Enritsu-in, Ryugaku-in, Honko-in, and Tamaju-in).

Wikipedia: 妙傳寺 (京都市左京区北門前町) (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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Heian Jingu Shrine Garden is a modern Japan garden in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. It consists of the Minami Shinen Garden, the West Shrine Garden, the Middle Shrine Garden, and the East Shrine Garden, which are arranged on three sides behind the Great Hall of Heian Jingu. The area is 33,000 square meters, and the garden is Ogawa Jihei, and it was designated as a national scenic spot in 1975 (Showa 50).

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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.

Wikipedia: 熊野神社 (京都市) (JA)

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)

Suga Shrine (Suga Shrine, Kotsu Jinja) is a shrine located in Entonmi-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto.

Wikipedia: 須賀神社 (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 Shrine is a shrine located in Wakaoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. The former company name is Murasha. It used to be the shrine of Zenrinji Temple. It is located at the southern end of the philosophical path. It is commonly known as the Wakaoji Shrine. One of the three Kumano in Kyoto.

Wikipedia: 熊野若王子神社 (JA)

Reikanji Temple is a temple of the Nanzenji sect of the Rinzai sect located in Shikagaya Goshonodancho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. The name of the mountain is Mt. Ensei. The honzon is Ruyirin Kannon. In the early modern period, it was a nunnery temple where princesses entered. It is also called the Valley Palace and the Temple of Camellias.

Wikipedia: 霊鑑寺 (JA)

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)

Hōnen-in (法然院) is a Buddhist temple located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, western Japan.

Wikipedia: Hōnen-in (EN)