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Yamashina-ku, Kyoto: sights

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Kajū-ji Temple
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Kajū-ji Temple

architectural structure

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Gangyō-ji Temple
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Gangyō-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Kyoto

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Honkoku-ji Temple
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Honkoku-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Nichiren Shū sect dedicated to Sanbōson in Yamashina-ku, Japan

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Zuishin-in Temple
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Zuishin-in Temple

Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

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Mount Otowa
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Mount Otowa

Mountain in Ōtsu, Shiga prefecture and Yamashina-ku, Kyōto, Japan

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Villa Kujoyama

cultural center owned by the government of France in Kyoto

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Bishamon-dō Temple
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Bishamon-dō Temple

Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect dedicated to Vaiśravaṇa in Yamashina-ku, Japan

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Mount Ōiwa
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Mount Ōiwa

mountain in Kyoto, Japan

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Himukai-daijingū
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Himukai-daijingū

Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Yamashina Botanical Research Institute

research botanical garden in Kyoto, Japan

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Iwaya Shrine
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Iwaya Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Anshō-ji
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Anshō-ji

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Yamashina Shrine
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Yamashina Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Iwaya-ji Temple
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Iwaya-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

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Moroha Shrine
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Moroha Shrine

Shinto shrine in Japan

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Sōrin-in Temple
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Sōrin-in Temple

temple in Yamashina, Kyoto

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法厳寺

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Origami Inari Shrine
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Origami Inari Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Nakatomi Shrine
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Nakatomi Shrine

Shinto shrine in Yamashina-ku, Japan

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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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