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Historic sites in Kyoto
Guides to 4 historic places in Kyoto — what they are, how to reach them, and what happened there. Written by the team behind the KATARIBE audio guide app.
Fushimi Inari Taisha 伏見稲荷大社
Head shrine of every Inari shrine in Japan, with a mountain of donated torii behind it.
Kinkaku-ji 金閣寺
A gold-leafed pavilion over a mirror pond, rebuilt in 1955 after an arsonist burned it.
Kiyomizu-dera 清水寺
A National Treasure hall on wooden stilts, founded before Kyoto was the capital.
Nijō Castle 二条城
The shoguns' Kyoto residence, and the room where the shogunate ended in 1867.
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