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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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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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Heian Jingu
Founded to mark 1,100 years since the capital moved to Heian. Its halls are a scaled-down recreation of the Chodoin of Heiankyo, and it is known for its garden.
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Kiyomizu no Butai
Kakezukuri, built without nails. It stands 13 metres high, and records show 234 people actually jumped from it in the Edo period.
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Jishu Jinja
A shrine of matchmaking inside the grounds of Kiyomizudera. Its two love-divination stones are set ten metres apart.
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Nonomiya Jinja
Where the imperial priestess purified herself before setting out for Ise. Its black-bark torii survives.
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Kifune Jinja
The head shrine of all Kifune shrines in Japan. Its water fortunes are floated on water for the characters to appear.
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Kifune Okumiya
Said to be where people prayed at Yui no Yashiro to win back a love. Also held to be the origin of the midnight cursing rite.
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