Kiyomizu-dera Temple: Kyoto’s Most Famous Temple
It seems that Kyoto has more temples in it than any other city in Japan. So many in fact that
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Saigoku Kannon
Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple: Kyoto’s Best Treaures
In cental Kyoto City is the 17th temple of Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, Rokuharamitsu-ji. Though it is a rather small temple,
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Tsubosaka-dera Temple: The Temple of Sight
Tsubosaka-dera Temple, also known as Minami-Hokke-ji Temple, is one of the 33 temples of the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage. Although it
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Banshu Kiyomizu Temple: Temple of Sacred Water
On the top of Mt Mitake, just on the border of Tamba (north Kyoto) and Banshu (Hyogo Prefecture), rests Banshu
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Kannonsho-ji Temple and the Mermaid’s Plea
While the town of Azuchi is most famous for Azuchi Castle, one of Oda Nobunaga’s most impressive fortresses, nearby Kannosho-ji
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Ichijo-ji Temple, Home to Hyogo’s Oldest Pagoda
While for many people in Kansai, the name Ichijo-ji is the name of a popular ramen district in Kyoto, however
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Matsunoodera and the Horse-head Deity
The city of Maizuru sits at the northern most part of the Kansai region. On the eastern boarder of this
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Nariai-ji Temple and the Beautiful Kannon
If you decide to set out on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, you will quickly realize that all the temples are
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