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The Higashiyama area is one of the most “Kyoto-like” areas in Kyoto and is steeped in history. It is the home to Kiyomizu-dera Temple, a World Heritage Site, as well as many famous landmarks and sights that attract visitors from across Japan and around the world.
This area begins at the colorful Heian-jingu Shrine and ends at the Metropolitan Museum. It includes sites such as Kiyomizu-dera Temple and its Otowa-no-Taki, the “Sound of Feathers Waterfall.”
Chion-in Temple is a large and very popular temple. Its massive front gate, the largest of its kind in Japan, is an awe 【more...】
Eikan-do Temple is the main temple of the Jodo-shu Seizan-Zenrinji sect. It began as a Shingon sect training temple in 【more...】
Ginkaku-ji (Temple of the Silver Pavilion) is the more common name for Jisho-ji Temple, a temple belonging to the Buddh 【more...】
Heian-jingu Shrine is a relatively recent addition to Kyoto's collection of sacred places, but is still a very impressi 【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 pl 【more...】
Kodai-ji Temple is especially famous for some of the historical personages and artifacts associated with it; but it is 【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 【more...】
Long connected with the Kyoto Geisha community centered in the nearby Gion District, Yasaka-jinja Shrine is a bustling, 【more...】
