Gyoan-ji is a small temple on the Teramachi street, roughly at the height of the northern wall of the imperial palace. It was founded in 1004 by priest Kyo-en (行円). Kyo-en was actually a former hunter who decided to enter priesthood and leave hunting after he saw the birth of a fawn from a deer he had just killed. The temple was moved twice: first in 1590 to follow the city plan of Hideyoshi, then in 1708 to its current location.

The temple does not offer anything extraordinary for the tourist, but remains a nice place to stroll if you want to see what a small community temple looks like.

Keywords: 行願寺, 革堂行願寺, gyoganji, gyougan-ji, gyogan-ji, gyouganji, temple, お寺, 寺院, 卍, 霊麀山行願寺

Nearby: Shimogoryo-jinja 下御霊神社 (70m), Itsukushima-jinja 厳島神社 (520m), Munakata-jinja 宗像神社 (650m), Honno-ji 本能寺 (680m), Shirakumo-jinja 白雲神社 (820m), Yata-dera 矢田寺 (820m), Nashinoki-jinja 梨木神社 (870m), Rozan-ji 廬山寺 (920m), Kyoto 京都 (920m), Rokkaku-do 頂法寺・六角堂 (1.2km),...

Visited on 2 occasions, id: 219, 3 photos (1 extra photos can be found in the archive).