To get there, take bus No. 100 or 206 from Kyoto Station to Gojo-zaka or Kiyomizu-michi bus stops, which are both a 10-minute walk from the temple. For more information, visit Kiyomizu-dera Temple ...

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As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari ...

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Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old. A Phoebe zhennan tree, about 400 years old, in the Wen-Qi ...

It is one of the most sacred temples in India, the Kashi Vishwanath Temple had been demolished during the foreign invasions. In 1780, Rani AhilyabaiHolkar, rebuilt it using her own resources.