Buddhism sacred sites in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Anao-ji

Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Anao-ji is station 21 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Kyoto dedicated to Shō Kannon....

Chōhō-ji (Rokkaku-dō)

Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Chōhō-ji (Rokkaku-dō) is station 18 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism, Ikenobō / ikebana lineage temple in Kyoto dedicated to Nyoirin Kannon....

Daihōon-ji

Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Daihōon-ji, known popularly as Senbon Shakadō, holds Kyoto's oldest surviving wooden building inside the city limits — a 1227 National Treasure main hall that survived the...

Gankei-ji

Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Gankei-ji is station bangai-gankei-ji on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Kyoto dedicated to Kannon....

Gyōgan-ji (Kōdō)

Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Gyōgan-ji (Kōdō) is station 19 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism, Miyako Shichifukujin temple in Kyoto dedicated to Senju Kannon....

Imakumano Kannon-ji

Part of Sennyū-ji

Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Imakumano Kannon-ji is station 15 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buddhism, Kumano cult temple in Kyoto dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....

Kami Daigo-ji

Fushimi-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Kami Daigo-ji is station 11 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon-shū Daigo-ha temple in Kyoto dedicated to Juntei Kannon....

Kiyomizu-dera Temple

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

On the forested slopes of Mount Otowa in eastern Kyoto, a vast wooden stage juts out over the valley—built without a single nail, supported by pillars of...

Kurama-dera Temple

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Rising 584 meters above Kyoto's northern edge, Mount Kurama has drawn seekers for over twelve centuries....

Matsunoo-dera

Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Matsunoo-dera is station 29 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon-shū Daigo-ha temple in Kyoto dedicated to Batō Kannon....

Mimuroto-ji

Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Mimuroto-ji is station 10 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Honzan Shugen-shū temple in Kyoto dedicated to Senju Kannon....

Nariai-ji

Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Nariai-ji is station 28 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Hashidate Shingon-shū temple in Kyoto dedicated to Shō Kannon....

Rokuharamitsu-ji

Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Rokuharamitsu-ji is station 17 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buddhism, Kūya nembutsu temple in Kyoto dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....

Ryoan-ji

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Ryoan-ji in Kyoto holds the world's most celebrated Zen rock garden. Fifteen stones rest on raked white gravel, arranged so that from any viewing point, one remains hidden....

Seigan-ji

Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Seigan-ji is the head temple (sōhonzan) of the Jōdo Seizan Fukakusa branch, founded in Nara in 667 CE and relocated in 1591 to Kyoto's Shinkyōgoku entertainment district....

Tenryu-ji Temple

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

At the foot of the Arashiyama mountains in western Kyoto, Tenryu-ji preserves a garden designed by Zen master Musō Soseki for a single purpose: meditation....

Toji

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

For over 1,200 years, Tō-ji has been the beating heart of Shingon Buddhism—the esoteric tradition that Kūkai brought from China in the 9th century....

Yōkoku-ji

Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Yōkoku-ji — known to most Kyotoites as Yanagidani Kannon — joins three rare devotional layers in one Nishiyama mountainside: a hibutsu Eleven-faced Thousand-armed Kannon...

Yoshimine-dera

Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Yoshimine-dera is station 20 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Kyoto dedicated to Senju Kannon....