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The oldest shrine in Kyoto

Ohyama Afuri Shrine is located on the top of Mt. Oyama. This historical shrine has been worshiped by common people as well as many military commanders in the past.

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

The inner sanctuary is the oldest example of Shinto architecture in Japan

A guardian deity of water with miraculous virtue worshipped since ancient times. The shrine has been worshipped for better luck marriage by countless people through the ages, including nobles.

The most sacred of the three Dewa Sanzan

Famous for its deity of scholarship

Two different windows overlooking a garden

Nara's symbol, the world's largest bronze statue of Rushana Daibutsu is seated in the Great Buddha Hall located in the vast grounds. The temple has been designated as a World Heritage site.

Many people visit to receive divine blessing from the “kachi daruma”, said to bring good luck

A well-known shrine for its Chichibu Night Festival. Chichibu shrine enshrines several gods and has a history of over 2,100 years.

The main training center for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism with its iconic five-story pagoda, the key landmark of Kyoto's scenery. The temple is known as ”Daishi's temple.”

Worshipers are charmed by the many flowers and large Kannon statue

The head shrine of all Gion satellite shrines throughout Japan. Local residents call the shrine ”Gion-san.”

The modern architecture leaves a bold impression

A shrine that has a beautiful vermilion-lacquered shrine pavilion from the Edo period. It is also called Sanja Gongen (in honor of three men who founded the temple), and the Sanja Matsuri held in May is one of the Three Great Festivals of Edo (now Tokyo).

View the world six meters below the water surface

The three-story pagoda is the symbol of Takahata

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

This temple is one of the Three Mountains of the Kanto region for the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism and is well-known as a temple to ward off evil. Enjoy the shops in the surrounding streets after attending a Goma Rite (a ceremony in which Goma wood is burned in a fireplace on the Goma platform).