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Takakannon Gonsho-ji Temple

Gonsho-ji Temple is one of the many bessho (branch location) of Onjo-ji Temple (also known as M[...]

Jodo-ji Temple

Jodo-ji Temple is the birthplace and family temple of the Ōishi Family, famous for their involv[...]

Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine

Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine is estimated to have been constructed in the 4th year of the Hakuho pe[...]

Koutoku-ji Temple

Koutoku-ji Temple is known for its relation with the Buddhist priest Rennyo, and the story of &[...]

Mio Shrine

Mio Shrine is located along the Lake Biwa Canal near the entry point of Mount Nagara.Its main b[...]

Gesshin-ji Temple

Gesshin-ji was formerly the villa of Taisho and Showa era painter Kansetsu Hashimoto (1883-1945[...]

Sakunado Shrine

The shrine is considered to have first been established in 669 by the order of Emperor Tenji. T[...]

Ryuuouguu Hidesato Shrine

This shrine is linked to Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara no Tōda), who quelled Taira no Masakado’s[...]

Enman-in Monzeki Temple

Enman-in Monzeki Temple was founded in the latter half of the Heian period. Its Shoin-zukuri st[...]

Hieizan Enryaku-ji Temple

Hieizan Enryaku-ji Temple is a place to pray for world peace. It is also a place of learning an[...]

Ishiyamadera Temple

Ishiyamadera Temple is the 13th of 33 sacred temples on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage. It is fa[...]

Takebe Taisha Shrine

Takebe Taisha Shrine, Old Omi Province’s Head Shinto ShrineThis shrine was once revered as the [...]

Iwama-dera Temple (Iwamaseiho-dera Temple)

The beginnings of this temple are said to trace back to the Nara Period (710-794), when the Bud[...]

Tachiki Kannon (Tachikizan Anyo-ji Temple)

It is on the Seta River, the only river that flows to Kyoto and Osaka from Lake Biwa; on the ba[...]

Onjo-ji Temple (Mii-dera Temple)

Onjo-ji Temple is the head temple of the Tendaijimon sect of Buddhism, with its “Mii Evening Be[...]

Omi Jingu Shrine

Emperor Tenji, the founder of Otsu-Kyo, is enshrined as a deity here at Omi Jingu Shrine.The sh[...]

Gichu-ji Temple

This temple is the site of the grave of the samurai Minamoto no Yoshinaka, who died heroically [...]

Hiyoshi Toshogu Shrine

This temple was built by the Buddhist priest Tenkai after the death of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu i[...]