12 Temples & Shrines Eikan-do Zenrin-ji Temple, Kyoto Larry Knipfing At Eikan-do, the temple buildings are spacious and beautiful, and elegant covered wooden walkways connect them all together. There..
13 Temples & Shrines Kyoto Tadasu-no-mori Forest Tomoko Kamishima Tadasu-no-mori is a mysterious age-old forest surrounding Shimogamo Jinja Shrine. From ancient days, people have treasured this..
14 Temples & Shrines Kyoto Toyokuni Shrine Takako Sakamoto Toyokuni Shrine, Higashiyama, Kyoto, is where Toyotomi Hideyoshi is enshrined. It had been closed and forbidden to enter for 269..
14 Temples & Shrines Imamiya Shrine Meg Sing Imamiya Shrine erected due to a plague in Kyoto 1000 years ago has age-old ties with Yasurai Matsuri and two aburi mochi shops at..
12 Temples & Shrines Kyoto Kodai-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Kodai-ji Temple is located at the foot of Kyoto’s Higashi-yama Mountain, south of the famous cherry blossom spot, Maruyama Koe..
9 Temples & Shrines Kyoto Yasaka Shrine in the morning Tomoko Kamishima Yasaka Shrine has been there since before Kyoto became capital of Japan. Its gods have been reverently worshiped for 1300 year..
12 Temples & Shrines Kyoto Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima More than 800 stone statues sit close together at Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple. Splendid autumn leaves put their arms around th..
12 Temples & Shrines Kyoto Entoku-in Temple Tomoko Kamishima Kyoto Entoku-in Temple: Home of Nene, legal wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and a mysterious rock garden