Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Kyoto, Japan

Saijuji Temple is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Narutaki Izumiya-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Izumiya.

Wikipedia: 西寿寺 (JA)

Myokoji Temple is a temple of the Rinzai sect of Kenninji in Utanokaminoya-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The name of the mountain is Shokakuzan. The honzon is Shakyamuni Buddha, the Kaiki (founder) is the Hanasanin Shitsugu, and the Kaizan is the Comfort Mind (Muhon Kakushin / Dharma Kokushi).

Wikipedia: 妙光寺 (京都市) (JA)

Ninna-ji is the head temple of the Omuro school of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. Located in western Kyoto, Japan, it was first founded in AD 888 by Emperor Uda, and was later reconstructed in the 17th century. It is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Ryōan-ji is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui, a refined type of Japanese Zen temple garden design generally featuring distinctive larger rock formations arranged amidst a sweep of smooth pebbles raked into linear patterns that facilitate meditation. The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Tōji-in (等持院) is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai Tenryū sect located in Kita Ward, Kyoto, Japan, and one of two funeral temples (bodaiji) dedicated to Ashikaga Takauji, first shōgun of the Ashikaga dynasty. Its main object of worship is Shakyamuni, and its honorary sangō prefix is Mannenzan (萬年山).

Wikipedia: Tōji-in (EN)

This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in Japan for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by prefecture.

Wikipedia: Shinnyō-ji (EN)

The Kyoto Prefectural Domoto Impression Art Museum is an art museum located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

Wikipedia: 京都府立堂本印象美術館 (JA)

Shikichijinja is a shrine located in Kinugasa Tenjinmori-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto. The former company name is Murasha. He is known by the common name of the Straw Heavenly God and is known as the god of easy childbirth.

Wikipedia: 敷地神社 (JA), Website

Kinkaku-ji , officially named Rokuon-ji , is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the most popular buildings in Kyoto, attracting many visitors annually. It is designated as a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape and is one of 17 locations making up the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which are World Heritage Sites.

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Injoji Temple is a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect located in Senbondori Rozanji Temple, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto. The name of the mountain is Mt. Kwangmyeong. The main Buddha is the King of Magic. It is commonly known as Senbon Zhenma-do. He is known for his spring nembutsu kyogen.

Wikipedia: 引接寺 (京都市) (JA)

Jobonrendaiji Temple is a temple of the Chizan sect of the Shingon sect located in Murasakino Jujibocho, Kita-ku, Kyoto. The name of the mountain is Lotus Gold Treasure Mountain. The name of the temple is Kushina Sanma-in. The honzon is the Bodhisattva of Enmei Jizo.

Wikipedia: 上品蓮台寺 (JA)

Daikoin is a temple of the Daitokuji sect of the Rinzai sect located in Murasakino Daitokuji-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto. The head of the tower of Daitokuji Temple. The main Buddha is Buddha.

Wikipedia: 大光院 (京都市) (JA)

Ryōkoin is a temple of the Rinzai sect located in Murasakino, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is the head of the Rinzai sect Daitokuji sect Daihonzan Daitokuji Temple. Although it has many buildings and works of art that are national treasures and important cultural properties, it is a temple that is closed to the public, does not accept any visits for sightseeing purposes, and does not hold any special exhibitions.

Wikipedia: 龍光院 (京都市北区) (JA)

Gyokurin-in is a temple of the Rinzai sect located in Murasakino, Kita-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. It is the head of the Rinzai sect Daihonzan Daitokuji Temple. It is not usually open to the public.

Wikipedia: 玉林院 (JA)

Kōtō-in (高桐院) is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. It was founded by Hosokawa Tadaoki. There is a teahouse, the Shōkō-ken, and the gardens are celebrated for their momiji. A pair of Southern Song monochrome hanging scrolls with landscape have been designated a National Treasure. Many other works are aired annually in October.

Wikipedia: Kōtō-in (EN)

Sōken-in (総見院) is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. It was founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1582 as the mortuary temple of Oda Nobunaga. Hideyoshi granted the temple three hundred koku and staged his celebrated Daitoku-ji tea gathering on its grounds in 1585. During the early years of the Meiji period its precinct was demolished and its treasures relocated; Sōken-in was revived in 1926. The seated wooden statue of Oda Nobunaga of 1583, lacquered, with inlaid eyes and an inscription on the base, an Important Cultural Property, was returned in 1961. Nobunaga's funeral and Hideyoshi's foundation of the sub-temple 'with the very best wood available, a remarkable thing to see' was recounted by the Portuguese missionary Luís Fróis in his contemporary História de Japam.

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Hoshunin is a temple of the Daitokuji sect of the Rinzai sect located in Murasakino, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is the head of the main temple of the same sect, Daitokuji. It is located in the northernmost part of the tower of Daitokuji. It is not usually open to the public.

Wikipedia: 芳春院 (京都市) (JA)

Jukō-in (聚光院) is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. It was founded in 1566 as the mortuary temple of Miyoshi Nagayoshi. In 1589 Sen no Rikyū designated it as the mortuary temple for his family. The Hondō (1583) and chashitsu (1739) are Important Cultural Properties and the gardens have been designated a Place of Scenic Beauty. A painting of Miyoshi Nagayoshi (1566) has also been designated an Important Cultural Property. The temple also contains a great number of fusuma paintings done by Kanō Eitoku.

Wikipedia: Jukō-in (EN)

The Daisen-in (大仙院) is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen in Buddhism, one of the five most important Zen temples of Kyoto. The name means "The Academy of the Great Immortals." Daisen-in was founded by the Zen priest Kogaku Sōkō , and was built between 1509 and 1513. The Daisen-in is noted for its screen paintings and for its kare-sansui, or dry landscape garden.

Wikipedia: Daisen-in (EN)

Zuihoin is a temple of the Daitokuji sect of the Rinzai sect located in Murasakino Daitokuji-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto. The head of the tower of Daitokuji Temple. The name of the mountain is Longpao Mountain. The main Buddha is Guanyin Bodhisattva. There is a grave of Mr. and Mrs. Otomo Yoshizhen in the temple grounds.

Wikipedia: 瑞峯院 (JA)

Korin-in is a temple of the Daitokuji sect of the Rinzai sect located in Murasakino Daitokuji-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto. The head of the tower of Daitokuji Temple. The main Buddha is Buddha. It is not open to the public except on special visiting days.

Wikipedia: 興臨院 (JA)

Ryōgen-in (龍源院) is a subtemple of the Daitoku-ji Buddhist complex, located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was constructed in 1502.

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Ōbai-in (黄梅院) is an autonomous sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan, the headquarters of the Daitoku-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism. The Hondō (1586) and Kuri (1589) have been designated Important Cultural Properties. Momoyama period monochrome fusuma paintings of Seven hermits in a bamboo grove, Landscape with figures, and Geese, by Unkoku Tōgan (1588), have also been designated Important Cultural Properties. The severed head of the statue of Sen no Rikyū, its position fatally regarded as hubristic by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was once kept at Obai-in.

Wikipedia: Ōbai-in (EN)

Daitoku-ji is a Buddhist temple, one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. It is located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The "mountain name" (sangō) by which it is known is Ryūhōzan (龍宝山). The Daitoku-ji temple complex today covers more than 23 hectares.

Wikipedia: Daitoku-ji (EN)

Shinjuan is the head of the Rinzai sect Daihonzan Daitokuji Temple in Murasakino, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is a temple related to Ikkyu Sojun, who is famous as an unconventional Zen monk. It is usually closed to the public, except during special public occasions.

Wikipedia: 真珠庵 (JA)

Ōtani University Museum opened in Kyoto, Japan, in 2003. The Ōtani University collection, which relates in particular to Shin Buddhist culture, includes ten Important Cultural Properties. Among these are the February 1041 portion of Shunki , the diary of Fujiwara no Sukefusa ; the oldest surviving edition of Kukai's Kōya zappitsu-shū; and Jichin Kashō-den, a biography of Jien.

Wikipedia: Ōtani University Museum (EN)