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Traditional Architecture
in Kansai Region

KYOTO Prefecture

Gion Shinbashi Higashiyama-ku,Kyoto (Houses in chaya-machi)

Because Kyoto City was the capital of Japan for many centuries, beginning in 794, Kyoto Prefecture came to have an abundance of cultural assets, greater than any other prefecture both in quantity and quality. These include shinden-style residences favored by Heian aristocrats, Buddhist temples built after the Kamakura Period and characterized by their scale and stateliness, time-honored Shinto shrines, and tea houses and sukiya-style residences that arose out of the development of the tea ceremony. Kyoto is truly a showcase of Japanese architecture. Furthermore, minka, including machiya and noka, extant in Kyoto feature designs and styles unique to the area.
Hojo (abbot's living quarters) of Nanzenji Temple
(National Treasure)
 Nanzenji Fukuchi-cho, Kyoto

TEL 075-771-0365
Ginkakugi Temple
(officially known as Jishoji Temple)
(National Treasure)
 Ginkakuji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

TEL 075-771-5725
Main Hall of
Kiyomizudera Temple
(National Treasure)
 Kiyomizu Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto

TEL 075-551-1234
Shinden House of Daikakuji Temple
(Important Cultural Asset)
 Saga Osawa-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto

TEL 075-871-0071
Main Hall of Ninnaji Temple
(National Treasure)
 Omuro Ouchi, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto

TEL 075-461-1155
Daishido Hall of Jingoji Temple
(Important Cultural Asset)
 Takao-cho, Umegahata, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto

TEL 075-861-1769
Katsura Detached Palace
Katsura Misono-cho, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto

TEL 075-211-1215
ISHIDA Residence
(Important Cultural Asset)
 Miyama Town, Kita Kuwata-gun

Miyama Town Tourism Association
TEL 0771-75-0310
Main Hall of Kitano Shrine
(National Treasure)
 Bakuro-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto

TEL 075-461-0005
Tea House of Myokian Temple
(National Treasure)
 Oyamazaki Town, Otokuni-gun

TEL 075-956-0103
KOBAYASHI Residence
(Important Cultural Asset)
 Miyama Town, Kita Kuwata-gun

Miyama Town Tourism Association
TEL 0771-75-0310
Tozai Main Hall of Kamomioya Shrine
(National Treasure)
 Shimogamo Izumikawa-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

TEL 075-781-0010
Mittan-seki Tea House of Daitokuji Ryukoin Temple
(National Treasure)
 Daitokuji-cho, Murasakino, Kita-ku, Kyoto

TEL 075-491-0019
Ine no Funaya House
Ine Town, Yosa-gun

Ine Town Tourism Association
TEL 0772-32-0277


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