Daimonjiyama

Daimonjiyama is a peak in North Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto and has an elevation of 314 metres. Daimonjiyama is situated nearby to the neighborhood Okitayama-Tenjinokacho, as well as near the locality Left Daimonji.

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Type: Peak with an elevation of 314 metres
Description: mountain in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Also known as: “Mount Daimonji”, “Mount Hidari-Daimonji”, and “Mount Ōkita”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kinkaku-ji and Golden Pavilion.

Kinkaku-ji

Buddhist temple

Photo: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kinkaku-ji, officially named Rokuon-ji, is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan and a tourist attraction. It is designated as a World Heritage Site, a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape, and one of the 17 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto.

Golden Pavilion

Photo: Jaycangel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ryōan-ji

Buddhist temple

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Ryōan-ji is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui, a refined type of Japanese Zen temple…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamigyō-ku and Kyōto-Gyoen.

Kamigyō-ku

Suburb

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Kamigyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-kyō.

Kyōto-Gyoen

Neighborhood

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Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is a 65-hectare national garden of Japan that was established after the Japanese capital was transferred from Kyoto to Tokyo. It is situated around the Kyoto Imperial Palace.