Konkai Komyoji Temple
Konkai Komyoji Temple is said to have originated when Honen Shonin established a small hermitage. Later, Emperor Go-Kogon bestowed upon the temple the two characters "Kin-Kai" and it became Konkai Komyo-ji Temple.It is locally known as "Kurotani-san".Konkai Komyoji Temple is associated with the Aizu....
Konchiin
Konchiin was founded around 1400 and is the Tatchu (temple on the grounds of a large temple) of Nanzen-ji Temple.It was moved to its current location by "Isin Suiden" in the early Edo period (1603-1867) and prospered to the extent that it was also known as "temple daimyo" (temple feudal lord).....
Sanjusangendo
The official name of Sanjusangendo is Rengeoin. It belongs to the Tendai sect of Buddhism and was built by Emperor Go-Shirakawa in 1164.The main hall is lined with a total of 1,001 wooden statues, including the seated wooden statue of Senju Kannon (National Treasure), 500 standing wooden statues of ....
Shoden Eigenin
Shoden Eigenin is the Tatchu (temple on the grounds of a large temple) of Kenninji temple, where Shodenin and Eigenan are combined into one.There used to be a tea ceremony house (national treasure) called Jyoan, now located in Yurakuen in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture. 1996, the tea ceremony house....
Syorenin
Syorenin was originally built as a monk's abode called Shoren-bo when Saicho opened Mt. Hiei.The first thing you will see at Syorenin is a camphor tree (registered as a natural monument in Kyoto City), the largest tree at 26.1 m. It was planted by Shinran Shonin at the end of the 12th century and wa....
Shogunzuka
Shogunzuka is said to have been buried in a 2.5-meter-high doll dressed in armor and holding a sword, bow, and arrow to pray for the protection of the capital at the time of the relocation of the capital to Heian-kyo.....
Shinnyodo
Shinnyodo is a Tendai sect temple with a standing statue of Amida Nyorai as its principal image, and its official name is Reishozan Shinshogokurakuji.Shinnyodo is especially beneficial to women. The principal image of Amida Nyorai is said to have nodded three times when he said, "I would like you to....
Seikanji Temple
Seikanji Temple is a temple of the Chizan School of Shingon Buddhism. The main deity is the eleven-faced thousand-armed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, created by Sugawara Michizane.There is a stone named Kanameishi.Kaname is the part that binds the fan.From Kanameishi, you can see Kyoto city like a fan....
Daiunin
Daiunin is usually private.Only special openings or advance reservations are allowed.In addition to the monument to Oda Nobunaga and Nobutada, there is the grave of Ishikawa Goemon.Ishikawa Goemon was a bandit of the Azuchi-Momoyama period (ca. 1594).He was captured in Bunroku 3 and roasted to death....
Chorakuji Temple
Chorakuji Temple is the temple where Kenreimonin was ordained.Kenreimonin was the second daughter of Taira no Kiyomori and the mother of Emperor Antoku. She was captured by the Minamoto clan at the Battle of Dannoura in 1185, where she drowned with Emperor Antoku and others.....