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. Access: Nearby: Shimogoryō-jinja 下御霊神社 (80m), Itsukushima-jinja 厳島神社 (510m), Shūsui-tei 拾翠亭 (540m), the Sento Imperial Palace 仙洞御所 (610m), Munakata-jinja 宗像神社 (640m), Honnō-ji 本能寺 (670m), the Tawaraya Ryokan 俵屋旅館 (680m), the Jidai Festival 時代祭 (680m), the Imperial Garden 京都御苑 (690m), Yata-dera 矢田寺 (810m),... External links: ウィキペディア, Kyoto Navi, Kyoto Design, 京都風光, Marutake, そうだ京都, Satellite view, Map Keywords: Japan, 日本, Japon, Kyoto, 京都, 下京, 中京, 上京, 行願寺, 革堂行願寺, Gyogan-ji, temple, 寺院, 仏閣 Statistics: visited on 2 occasions, id 219, 1 photos (3 extra photos can be found in the archive). |
