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Nishi Hongan-ji Temple

Kyoto Top 8 in Important Religious Institution

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Open Open from 5:30am-5:00pm

Recommended Sightseeing Time: 2 hours

Address: Horikawa Hanaya Town, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture

Official website: https://www.hongwanji.kyoto/

Phone: +81-75-3715181

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Beautiful temple! Great architecture and awesome place to see if you are short on time. Located near the Kyoto Station.

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In the cherry blossom season, I went to Kansai and wanted to play with several small partners in the city. The most cost-effective way to travel is to buy a JR West Japan Pass - you can buy it at the JR ticket office at Kansai Airport. You can buy a ticket. Go directly to Kyoto from the airport! At the first stop in Kyoto, I hit the East and West Honganji Temple near Kyoto Station, and Sakura and Plum blossoms have already been opened! JR West Japan Pass covers a wide range of coverage, not only can go to Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, the major cities of Kansai, some of the more niche places can also be used, you can ride unlimited times in the effective number of days The free seat of the train (including fast, new and fast) and the West Japan JR bus in the area, it is enough to have this pass in Kansai! There are four types of Kansai Passes for "1 Day Use" ~ "4 Day Use". You can purchase a valid coupon for your travel time according to your itinerary~~

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Nishi Honganji Temple is the mountain of the Pure Land of the Shinjong Pagoda. It was not here. It was moved to the end of the 16th century with the support of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The Tangmen in the picture is one of the national treasures of the temple. Nishi Honganji Temple is built on the mountain. The temple was built on the flat land. It won't win with strangeness and wonder, but it is magnificent, magnificent, and finely carved. In addition, the most important thing is very quiet. Nishi Honganji Temple happened to meet the kindergartens visit today, and the children are so good! Nishi Honganji Temple is much more magnificent than the Kiyomizu-dera Temple. The procedure of visiting the shrine is also more complicated, a bit like Mass. The thick trunk of the cherry tree in front of the temple highlights its long history. The tree is full of flower buds. When the cherry blossoms bloom, it should be beautiful.

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Kyoto Travel | Nishi Honganji Temple - Autumn Ginkgo Winter Mama Nishi Honganji Temple is probably the largest temple I have ever visited in Japan. It is the second largest wooden complex in Japan, with buildings built from the 16th to 18th centuries and fascinating gardens. Actually, I didn't plan to come to Nishi Honganji Temple, but when I saw the imposing hall at the door, I was shocked and decided to come in and take a look. The two main halls are Amitabha Hall and Yuying Hall. The interior decoration is very magnificent, but the interior cannot be photographed. The best season to go to Nishi Honganji is autumn, because there are many ginkgo trees that are 400 years old, and in the autumn, Nishi Honganji Temple is dyed with golden color, but unfortunately I went late. I did not see this scene, but I also saw the plum blossoms that were quietly blooming. I was lucky. address: Kyoto City, Kyoto City, Shimogyo-ku, Higashi-gun, Higashi-Higashi-cho, Higashi-Higashi-Higashi-cho, Higashi-Higashi-cho, Higashi-Higashi-cho, Kyoto Get off tickets: free

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Nishi Honganji Temple is the largest temple in Kyoto, Japan, and is the main temple of the Japanese Buddhist Pure Land. Nishi Honganji Temple is the Omoto Mountain of the Pure Land of the Shinjuku. Wen Yong 9 (1272) was founded in Dongshan, with the foundation of the Sacred Temple of the Pure Land of the Emperor of the Pure Land of Kyoto. In the days of Tianzheng 19 (1591), the land of Kyoto was donated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, making it stable in the present place. The original Galan was burned out in 1617. The current Yuyingtang was built in 1636, and the Amitabha was built in 1760. Both are designated as important cultural assets of Japan. It is the largest temple in Kyoto, Japan, and is the main temple of the Japanese Buddhist Pure Land. There are 10,500 monasteries and 12 million believers in Japan and around the world. The architecture of Nishi Honganji Temple reflects the artistic style of the splendid Momoyama era. In the temple, there is a statue of a saint who is a relative of the first ancestor of the mountain. The Tangmen, the White House, the Black Academy, and the oldest stage in Japan in the Nishi Honganji Temple are Japanese national treasures. Others include murals and Huxi courtyards with dry landscapes. Feiyun Pavilion, together with the Golden Pavilion and the Silver Pavilion, is known as the Kyoto Three Pavilion and is one of the national treasures of Japan. Nishi Honganji Temple was listed as a UN World Cultural Heritage in 1994.

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Introduction

Nishi Hongan-ji Temple is the main court of the Jodo Shinshu Hongan Temple School, and is a world cultural heritage site. It was called "Nishi Hongan-ji Temple" since 1272, when Shinran's daughter moved Shinran's body back to Dongshan Valley. There are five famous buildings in this temple, which is a classic model of ancient Japanese architecture. Every November, the ginkgo trees in the temple become very beautiful, making a walk through a path full of golden ginkgo leaves a quite romantic one.

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The entire precinct of Honganji has been designated a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO since 1994. These beautiful temple grounds have huge, gorgeous Ginkgo Biloba trees in the courtyard and the halls have a vast collection of Buddhist art. worth seeing especially since they''ve spent almost 10 years restoring on of the halls (1998- 2009).

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The West Hongan Temple is the largest mountain of the original temple of the Pure Land Shinshu sect opposite to the East Hongan Temple. The West Hongan Temple is the second largest wooden building group in Japan, preserving buildings built from the 16-18 century and attractive scenic gardens. Inside the courtyard, the imperial shadow hall, the Amita hall, the majesty of the grand, overwhelming. Fushimi castle remains the building Tangmen, Japan's oldest North Noh stage, white Shoin, black Shoin, Feiyunkaku and other buildings to the present people to tell the gorgeous Momoyama culture.

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fooler0809

The temples, which correspond to the East Bengan Temple, are on either side of the street, which seem to be larger, with more construction in the courtyard, and some activities, which are better decorated and lively.

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莲子99

According to my observation, in Kyoto, the layout and maintenance of the two temples in the east and west are the most regular, square and upright, with few trees in the courtyard, which is particularly pure. A horizontal composition of the main hall, accessible inside.

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