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Kita-ku, Kyoto: sights

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Kinkaku-ji Temple
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Kinkaku-ji Temple

Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

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Kamigamo Shrine
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Kamigamo Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kita-ku, Kyōto, Japan

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Daitoku-ji Temple
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Daitoku-ji Temple

Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

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Kitano Tenmangū
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Kitano Tenmangū

Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan

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Kyoto Botanical Garden
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Kyoto Botanical Garden

botanical garden in Kyoto, Japan

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Tōji-in Temple
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Tōji-in Temple

Buddhist temple in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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Hirano Shrine
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Hirano Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Sōken-in
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Sōken-in

a sub-temple (Tatchū) of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan

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Daisen-in
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Daisen-in

sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan

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Kenkun Shrine
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Kenkun Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan

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Kōtō-in
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Kōtō-in

Buddhist sub-temple in Kyoto, Japan

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Jukō-in
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Jukō-in

Buddhist sub-temple in Kyoto, Japan

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Imamiya Shrine
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Imamiya Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Kyoto Museum for World Peace
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Kyoto Museum for World Peace

museum in Kyoto, Japan

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Mount Sajikigatake
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Mount Sajikigatake

mountain in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Koryo Museum of Art
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Koryo Museum of Art

Korean art museum in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Ōtani University Museum
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Ōtani University Museum

museum in Kyoto, Japan

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Ryōgen-in
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Ryōgen-in

Buddhist subtemple in Kyoto, Japan

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Ōbai-in
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Ōbai-in

autonomous sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan

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Shikichi Shrine
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Shikichi Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Garden of Fine Arts Kyoto
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Garden of Fine Arts Kyoto

museum in Japan

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Kōetsu-ji Temple
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Kōetsu-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Nichiren Shū sect dedicated to Lotus Mandala in Kita-ku, Japan

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Shinnyo-ji Temple
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Shinnyo-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Rinzai school sect in Kita-ku, Japan

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Jinko-in Temple
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Jinko-in Temple

temple in Kita-ku, Kyōto

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🛟Travel safety

🚑 Ambulance / fire: 119. Police: 110. For help in English, Chinese or Korean, call the JNTO Japan Visitor Hotline: 050-3816-2787 (24 hours).

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