Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #9 in Kyoto, Japan

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Tour Facts

5 sights
2.3 km

122 m
304 m

Explore Kyoto in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in Kyoto Individual Sights in Kyoto

Sight 1: 将軍山城

Shogun Yamashiro (shogun Yamashiro) was a Japan castle (mountain castle) of the Sengoku period located on Mount Uryu (301 meters above sea level) in Kitashirakawa Kiyosawaguchi-cho (Yamashiro Kuni Atago District), Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is also known as Kitashirakawa Castle, Uryuyama Castle, and Shogunjizo Yamajo Castle.

Wikipedia: 将軍山城 (JA)

455 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Tanukidanisan Fudōin

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Tanukiyayama Fudoin is a temple of the Shingon Buddhist Shugendo temple located in Ichijoji, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. It is also called Tanukiya Fudoin.

Wikipedia: 狸谷山不動院 (JA)

916 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 3: Shisen-do

Shisen-dō (詩仙堂) is a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō Zen sect in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is registered as a historic site of Japan. It stands on the grounds of its founder, the Edo period intellectual Ishikawa Jōzan (1583–1672), who established the temple in 1641.

Wikipedia: Shisen-dō (EN)

309 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Enko-ji

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Enkō-ji (円光寺), is a Zen Buddhist temple located near the Shugakuin Imperial Villa at Sakyō-ku, Ichijo-ji, Kotani-cho, in northeast Kyoto, Japan. It is famous for its fall foliage and suikinkutsu.

Wikipedia: Enkō-ji (EN), Website

641 meters / 8 minutes