Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Uji, Japan
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4.1 km
159 m
Explore Uji 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 UjiIndividual Sights in UjiSight 1: Agata Shrine
Agata Shrine is a shrine located in Uji Renka, Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Sight 2: Byodoin
Book Ticket*Byōdō-in is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, built in the late Heian period. It is jointly a temple of the Jōdo-shū and Tendai-shū sects.
Sight 3: Hōshōkan Museum
Byodo-in Hoshokan is a historical museum located on the grounds of Byodo-in Temple in Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture. It opened on March 1, 2001. It is touted as "the first comprehensive registered museum as a religious corporation".
Sight 4: Uji Shrine
Book Ticket*Uji Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is adjacent to the Ujigami Shrine.
Sight 5: Sawarabi
"Sawarabi" (Sawarabi) is one of the 54th volume of "Genji Monogatari". 48th. It corresponds to the fourth quae of the third part, "Uji Jubo". The volume is based on the waka wrote by Naka -kun, "This spring is the whale of the rhinoceros that can be picked up by the deceased people who can show anyone."
Sight 6: Ujigami Shrine
Book Ticket*The Ujigami Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine was built as a guardian shrine for the nearby Byōdō-in, and is adjacent to the Uji Shrine. In 1994, it was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto". The honden and haiden have been designated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs as National Treasures in the category shrines.
Sight 7: Agemaki
"Sokaku" (Agemaki) is one of the 54 volumes of The Tale of Genji. No. 47. It is the third part of the "Uji Jujo". The name of the volume is derived from the waka poem that Kaoru wrote to the daikun at the memorial service around Hachinomiya, "Agemaki ni long knot wo subume ni
Sight 8: 橋寺放生院
Hojobin is a temple of the Shingon Ritsu sect located in Uji, Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture (in the early modern period, in Uji Town, Uji District, Yamashiro Province). The name of the mountain is Uhozan. The name of the temple is Jokoji. The honzon is Jizo Bodhisattva. The origin of the common name "Hashidera" is due to the fact that the temple once managed the Uji Bridge over the nearby Uji River.
Sight 9: Matafuri Shrine
Sueta Takeri Shrine is a shrine located in Uji Matashin, Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Sight 10: 恵心院
Eshinin is a temple of the Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism located in Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Asahi. The honzon is the eleven-sided Kannon. It is located upstream of the Uji Bridge over the Uji River. It is known as the "Temple of Flowers".
Sight 11: 興聖寺
Kōshō-ji is a Sōtō Zen in temple in Japan. It bears an abbreviated form of the name of the temple established by Eihei Dōgen in Kyoto, Kōshōhōrin-ji, but it was established four centuries after that temple was destroyed, and in a different location.
Sight 12: Mt. Asahi
Mt. Asahi is a 124-meter-high mountain located in Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture, located on the right bank of the Uji River, about 1 km upstream from Uji Bridge.
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