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El área de Higashiyama es uno de los más característicos y que mejor definen a Kioto, siendo este muy rico en historia. En este área se encuentra el templo de Kiyomizu-dera, templo que pertenece al Patrimonio de la Humanidad, y también se puede encontrar muchos monumentos famosos y lugares de interés turístico que atraen a visitantes tanto de Japón como del mundo entero.
Esta área comienza en el colorido santuario sintoísta de Heian-jingu y finaliza en el Museo Metropolitano. Incluye a lugares tan singulares como son el templo de Kiyomizu-dera y su salto de agua Otowa-no-Taki, que se asemeja al “Sonido de las Plumas de una Cascada”.
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...】
