Kisshōin

Places of Interest

Karahashi Saiji Park

Park

Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.

Sai-ji or the West Temple was a Buddhist temple located in the Karahashi neighborhood of the Minami ward of the city of Kyoto, Japan. The temple no longer exists, and its ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 1921, with the area under protection expanded in 1966.

East Temple

Buddhist temple

Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tō-ji Temple, a.k.a. the Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 796, Tō-ji Temple was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan.

Nishioji Railway Station

Railway stop

Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nishiōji Station is a railway station located in Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It serves the JR Kyoto Line of West Japan Railway Company. The distances to major stations are 2.5 km to Kyoto Station, 40.3 km to Osaka Station and 516.1 km to Tokyo Station.

Places in the Area

South Kyoto

Photo: Grialte, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Southern Kyoto covers a large part of Japan's former capital, stretching from the Ōharano area in the west to Fushimi-ku, Daigo, and the southern tip of Higashiyama-ku in the east.

Shimogyō-ku

Suburb

Photo: BriYYZ, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shimogyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku. Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyō-ku. Shimogyō-ku is situated 2½ km northeast of Kisshōin.

Central Kyoto

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

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