Kyoto Highlights
Day Tour
The best of Kyoto in one day.
Kinkakuji Temple - Golden Pavilion
Kiyomizu Temple
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Nijo Castle
Heian Shrine
Sanjusangendo Hall
Kyoto Handicraft Center
Himeji Castle
Day Tour
Experience Japan's best castle!
World Heritage site.
Includes trip on bullet train
Plus tour sake brewery museum
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OTOYO-JINJA SHRINE
Otoyo-jinja Shrine Kyoto is one of the shrines
along Kyoto's Philosopher's Walk.
Otoyo-jinja Shrine is popular with Japanese
who seek health, cure for illness, good fortune, long life and
assistance with matchmaking.
Otoyo-jinja Shrine is dedicated to the local divinities
who give protection to the district covering Shishigatani and Nanzen-ji
Temple. According to tradition the shrine was founded in 887 to beseech the
gods for a cure for illness suffered by Emperor Uda. It was built on
Shishigatani the 15th peak of the 36 peaks in the Higashiyama range in east
Kyoto. In 1954 Kyoto City listed the shrine as a Place of Scenic Beauty
among the ancient temples and shrines gracing the city.
