Higashiyama Ward Temples: 11 Best Places, Ranked

1.Kiyomizu-dera
★ 4.6(72,705)

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Kiyomizudera is a Buddhist temple at the end of Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka in Kyoto, registered as a Japanese na…
2.Tōfuku-ji Temple
★ 4.5(11,327)

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Tofukuji is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto. It has wooden buildings constructed in 1236 and four gardens, each…
3.Kenninji Temple
★ 4.5(9,577)

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Kenninji is a Buddhist temple in the Gion district of Kyoto. Visitors walk through several Japanese-style gard…
4.Kōdaiji Temple
★ 4.4(10,155)

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Kodaiji is a temple near Ninenzaka and Nene no Michi in Kyoto, where visitors see a garden and a bamboo grove …
5.Hōkan-ji Temple (Yasaka Pagoda)
★ 4.6(6,004)

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Hokanji is a Buddhist temple located between Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka in Kyoto. It has a five-story wooden pag…
6.Kiyomizu-dera Hondo (Main Hall)
★ 4.6(945)

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Kiyomizu-dera Honden is a Buddhist temple main hall in Kyoto, visited together with Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka. …
7.Koyasu-no-to Pagoda
★ 4.5(440)

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Cheongsu-sa Jaan-tap is a wooden pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, reached by following the path to the right …
8.Kiyomizu-dera, Sanjunoto Pagoda
★ 4.7(229)

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Kiyomizu-dera Sanjunoto is a red three-story wooden pagoda at the entrance to Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto. Up close…
9.Reigen-in Temple
★ 4.3(221)

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Enyuan is a Buddhist temple in the southeastern part of the Kennin-ji grounds in Kyoto. Its dry garden depicts…
10.Okunoin
★ 4.6(145)

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Okunoin is a Buddhist temple located deep within the grounds of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, directly above the Oto…
11.Chion-in Mieido (Founder’s Hall)
★ 4.6(135)

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The Miedo hall is the main hall of Chion-in, the head temple of the Jodo sect, reached through the south gate …
12.Dai-un-in
★ 4.1(242)

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Daiunin is a Jodo sect temple in the Gion area of Kyoto, dedicated to the memorials of Oda Nobunaga and his so…
13.Yeonmyeongwon
★ 4.7(53)

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Renmyōin is a Buddhist temple in the grounds and approach of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, dedicated to prayers for …
14.Kiyomizu-dera Asakurado
★ 4.5(49)

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Asakura-do is a Buddhist temple near the entrance of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, enshrining Senju Kannon. It origi…
15.Taesansa
★ 4.1(56)

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Taesansa is a Buddhist temple on the southern high ground within the Kiyomizu-dera precinct, where people pray…
16.Kagekiyo Tsumegata Kannon
★ 4.6(16)

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Kagekiyo Tsumegata Kannon is a temple in Kiyomizu, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. It holds a stone statue of the bod…
17.Dongboksa Yukbaramun
★ 4.4(16)

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Rokuharamon is a gate at the south end of Tofuku-ji in Kyoto and is an Important Cultural Property of the Budd…