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Profondamente immersa nella storia, la zona di Higashiyama è una delle più tipiche di Kyoto. Essa ospita il tempio di Kiyomizu, uno dei siti patrimonio mondiale dell’umanità, e molti altri riferimenti e vedute sceniche ancora che non hanno mai smesso di affascinare folle di visitatori giapponesi e stranieri.
Essa si estende dal variopinto tempio di Heian-jingu al museo metropolitano e comprende anche il tempio di Kiyomizu con le sue cascate di Otowa.
Chion-in Temple is a large and very popular temple. Its massive front gate, the largest of its kind in Japan, is an awes 【more...】
Eikan-do Temple is the main temple of the Jodo-shu Seizan-Zenrinji sect. It began as a Shingon sect training temple in 8 【more...】
Ginkaku-ji (Temple of the Silver Pavilion) is the more common name for Jisho-ji Temple, a temple belonging to the Buddhi 【more...】
Heian-jingu Shrine is a relatively recent addition to Kyoto's collection of sacred places, but is still a very impressiv 【more...】
Hokan-ji Temple is known colloquially as Yasaka-no-to (Yasaka Pagoda). It is a 40-meter tall pagoda with graceful, slop 【more...】
The expression "to jump off the stage at Kiyomizu" is the Japanese equivalent of the English expression "to take the plu 【more...】
Kodai-ji Temple is especially famous for some of the historical personages and artifacts associated with it; but it is a 【more...】
Standing in the foothills of the eastern hills, Nanzen-ji Temple is one of Kyoto's most important temples. Its massive 【more...】
The temple name means literally "Hall with thirty three spaces between the columns", describing the architecture of the 【more...】
Shoren-in Temple is a delightful and quiet temple that exudes a palpable feeling of tranquility. It is only steps away f 【more...】
Long connected with the Kyoto Geisha community centered in the nearby Gion District, Yasaka-jinja Shrine is a bustling, 【more...】
