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Kyōkō-ji Temple
Photo: Kansai explorer / CC BY-SA 3.0

Kyōkō-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Japan

Jōkō-ji Temple
Photo: Kansai explorer / CC BY 2.5

Jōkō-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Japan

Taiseishōgun-ji Temple
Photo: Kansai explorer / CC BY 2.5

Taiseishōgun-ji Temple

temple in Yao, Ōsaka

Mount Takayasu

Mount Takayasu

mountain in Japan

Shionjiyama Kofun
Photo: Saigen Jiro / CC0

Shionjiyama Kofun

kofun period keyhole-shaped burial mound in Japan

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久宝寺緑地

park in Japan

Zenkō-ji Temple
Photo: Kansai explorer / CC BY 2.5

Zenkō-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Daitsu-ji Temple, Yao
Photo: Kansai explorer / CC BY 3.0

Daitsu-ji Temple, Yao

Buddhist temple of the Yuzu Nembutsu sect dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Yao, Japan

Onji Shrine
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Onji Shrine

Shinto shrine in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Daishin-ji Temple
Photo: Kansai explorer / CC BY 2.5

Daishin-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Ōtani-ha sect dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Yao, Japan

Shinkan-ji Temple
Photo: ブレイズマン / CC BY-SA 3.0

Shinkan-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Rinzai school sect dedicated to Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara in Yao, Japan

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Kaizanzuka Kofun

来恩寺
Photo: Ajax / CC BY-SA 4.0
Hōzō-ji Temple
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Hōzō-ji Temple

Yao Shrine
Photo: Kansai explorer / CC BY 3.0

Yao Shrine

Shinto shrine in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Mino Agatanushi Shrine
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Mino Agatanushi Shrine

Shinto shrine in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Ekō-ji Temple
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Ekō-ji Temple

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Nenbutsu-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Yuzu Nembutsu sect dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Yao, Japan

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Yao Tenmangū

Shinto shrine in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

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Jōgen-ji Temple

🛟Travel safety

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