Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto: sights | Kansai Travel Guide

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Kiyomizu-dera

Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto

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Kyoto National Museum

art museum in Japan

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Tōfuku-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Yasaka Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan

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Sanjūsangen-dō Temple

Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

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Chion-in Temple

Buddhist temple in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Kōdai-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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Hōkō-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

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Sennyū-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

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Kennin-ji Temple

building in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

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Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha sect dedicated to Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara in Higashiyama-ku, Japan

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Hōjū-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect dedicated to Acala in Higashiyama-ku, Japan

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Maruyama Park

park in Kyoto city, Japan

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Hōkan-ji Temple

Pagoda in Kyōto, Japan

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Shōren-in Temple

Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

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Toyokuni Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Yasaka Kōshin-dō Temple

small Temple, Higashiyama 7th Century, Japan

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Chishaku-in Temple

Temple in Kyoto, Japan

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Three-year Slope

street in Kyoto, Japan

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Ninenzaka

street in Kyoto, Japan

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Kyoto Ryōzen-Gokoku Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan

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Ryozen Museum of History

museum in Kyoto, Japan

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Ryōzen Kannon

shrine Kyōto-shi, Kyoto, Japan

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Jishu Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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