Unryū-in

Unryū-in is a sub-temple of Sennyū-ji in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1372, it was rebuilt after destruction in the Ōnin War. The Hondō of 1646 is an Important Cultural Property.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: Buddhist temple of the Shingon-shū Sennyūji-ha sect dedicated to Bhaiṣajyaguru Buddha in Higashiyama-ku, Japan
Also known as: “Unryū-in Temple”
Address: 東山区, 京都市, 京都府 605-0977

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sennyū-ji Temple and Tōfuku-ji.

Sennyū-ji Temple

Buddhist temple

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Sennyū-ji, formerly written as Sen-yū-ji, is a Shingon Buddhist temple and head of the Sennyū-ji sect in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. For centuries, Sennyū-ji has been a mausoleum for noble families and members of the Imperial House of Japan. Sennyū-ji Temple is situated 140 metres north of Unryū-in.

Tōfuku-ji

Buddhist temple

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Tōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. Tōfuku-ji takes its name from two temples in Nara, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji. It is one of the Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto". Its honorary sangō prefix is Enichi-san. Tōfuku-ji is situated 440 metres west of Unryū-in.

Kiyomizu-dera

Buddhist temple

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Kiyomizu-dera is a Buddhist temple located in eastern Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon. Kiyomizu-dera is situated 2 km north of Unryū-in.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Kyoto and Shimogyō-ku.

Central Kyoto

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

Shimogyō-ku

Suburb

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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 northwest of Unryū-in.