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A vast temple with 46 sub-temples. The cloud dragon on the ceiling of the lecture hall is famous.
About this place
Myōshin-ji (妙心寺, Myōshin-ji) is a temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, which serves as the head temple of the associated branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. The Myōshin-ji School is by far the largest school in Rinzai Zen, approximately as big as the other thirteen branches combined: it contains within it about 3,400 temples throughout Japan, together with a handful overseas, of the approximately six thousand total Rinzai temples, and also has nineteen associated monasteries, of the total of forty Rinzai monasteries and one nunnery.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded：1337 Designation：Important Cultural Property Blessings：Warding off evil
Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Official website
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