Regional discoveries | Value Village

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Saimyoji (Shiga)

One of the three mountain temples of eastern Omi. Both the main hall and the three-storey pagoda are National Treasures. It escaped Nobunaga's burning.

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Omihachiman

Kannonshoji

It stands on the summit of Mount Kinugasa, said to have been founded by Prince Shotoku.

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Otsu

Sanjunoto

Moved here from Nara. Miidera was burned many times, and rebuilt after each.

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Otsu

Higashi Hongu

A distinctive roof form called hiyoshi-zukuri. With the West Main Shrine, a National Treasure.

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Higashiomi

Eigenji

It stands in the gorge of the Echi river, and is famous for autumn colour.

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Koka

Rakuyaji

It holds the largest seated eleven-headed Kannon in Japan.

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Nagahama

Shanain

It was the administrative temple of Nagahama Hachimangu. Famous for its hibiscus.

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Nagahama

Doganji

A National Treasure eleven-headed Kannon, rated among the finest in the history of Japanese sculpture.

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Ritto

Ono Jinja

Its gate is an Important Cultural Property.

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Kiyomizudera

The main hall is a National Treasure. That famous platform is built by joining timber without a single nail, in the kakezukuri method: an earlier generation's solution to building on a slope.

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Kamigamo Jinja

A shrine that stood here before Heiankyo was built. The capital came afterwards.

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Shimogamo Jinja

The Tadasu no Mori in its grounds is close to primeval forest, surviving in the middle of the city. With Kamigamo it holds the Aoi festival.

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Yasaka Jinja

The shrine of the Gion festival. The festival began as a rite to quiet epidemic disease, and is now UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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Ryoanji

The rock garden sets fifteen stones so that, from wherever you look, one of them is always hidden.

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Toji

Its five-storey pagoda stands about 55 metres, the tallest surviving wooden pagoda in Japan. Granted to Kukai, it became the central seat of Shingon esoteric Buddhism.

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Nanzenji

It was placed at the very top of the Zen temple ranks. The aqueduct of the Lake Biwa Canal crosses its grounds.

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Tofukuji

Known for the autumn colour seen from the Tsutenkyo bridge. Its Sanmon gate is the oldest surviving Zen gate and a National Treasure.

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Myoshinji

A vast temple with 46 sub-temples. The cloud dragon on the ceiling of the lecture hall is famous.

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Toji Gojunoto

About 55 metres tall. The highest wooden pagoda in Japan, and the silhouette of Kyoto itself.

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Sanjusangendo

One thousand and one Thousand-Armed Kannon stand in rows. The 120-metre main hall is a National Treasure too.

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Tenryuji

The Sogenchi garden by Muso Soseki. It was the first place in Japan designated both a Historic Site and a Special Place of Scenic Beauty.

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Shorenin

A monzeki temple of the Tendai school. A great camphor spreads its branches before the gate.

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Ninnaji

Known for its low-growing Omuro cherries. A monzeki temple whose abbots were of the imperial family.

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Jingoji

The origin of kawarake-nage, throwing clay discs. Kukai served as its abbot.