Important cultural property

Carved in 1358 on a wooded slope west of Kameoka, this granite pagoda is recorded as the only medieval thirteen-storey stone tower left standing in Tanba.

To fit an oversized Amida triad under a low roof, the builders of this small hall in Ohara folded the ceiling into a curved vault, the earliest of its kind in Japan.

The Main Hall of Obai-in at Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, built in 1586 and designated in 1922, holds forty-four ink panels by Unkoku Togan and faces the Hatotei dry garden.

Built in 1419 in the hills of Nantan, this one-bay shrine hall preserves rare roof detail and the twelve carpenter's templates designated alongside it.

Dismantled in 1969 and rebuilt in Ayabe, this thatched mid-Edo farmhouse is cited as the oldest gable-entry Settan-type house, and now serves as a tea house.

Early Muromachi stone hokyointo stupa on a base at Kakushoin, the sub-temple by the gate of Daikakuji in Saga, Kyoto; the temple grounds are open to visitors.

Kajūji's shoin in Yamashina, Kyoto, an Important Cultural Property, was rebuilt from a late-17th-century imperial residence and is noted for its Kajūji-dana shelves.

Five-ring stone pagoda of the late Kamakura period at Gansenji in Kizugawa, Kyoto, over 2 metres tall, a Yamato-style example said to be a Todaiji official's grave.

Three-storey pagoda of 1442 at Gansenji in Kizugawa, Kyoto, about 18 metres tall, dated by an inscription found in 1943; the ground floor opens seasonally.

Granite thirteen-storey pagoda of the late Kamakura period at Gansenji in Kizugawa, Kyoto, 5.5 metres tall, carved with Sanskrit syllables of the four Buddhas.

Granite niche shrine of 1312 at Gansenji in Kizugawa, Kyoto: two posts carry a single-stone hipped roof over a low-relief Fudo Myoo and a dated inscription.

This square, thatched, hipped Kannon hall at Shimo-Awano in Kyōtamba was raised before 1539. Ridge tablets fix its date; it is an Important Cultural Property.

Ito Chuta's 1911 insurance office by Nishi Honganji, Kyoto, now the Hongwanji Dendoin: English brick with an Indian dome, hexagonal tower and Chinese balustrades.

Tō-ji's 17th-century initiation hall and its two Kamakura gates. Site of the January Goshichinichi Mishiho rite; the North Gate opens only on April 21 each year.

A Kamakura-period four-legged gate on Hachijo-dori marking Tō-ji's northern edge and opening onto Kushige-koji, a lane that keeps its Heian-period width.

A Momoyama-period eight-legged gate from around 1601 closing the north end of Tō-ji's main axis, between the great halls and the quiet sub-temple quarter.

An early Kamakura eight-legged gate on Omiya-dori at Tō-ji's northeast corner, where five Fushimi Inari portable shrines are welcomed every year on May 3.

Rebuilt in 1491, five years after a fire, this hall at Tō-ji's center houses Kukai's 21-statue mandala. Layout guide, hours, fees and 2026 special viewing.

A 1.6-meter wooden pagoda donated to Tō-ji in 1240 by Senyomon-in and found in the Founder's Hall in 1955. Its details, dating and when it may be on view.

Tō-ji's east gate, the Akazu-mon, recalls Ashikaga Takauji shutting it in battle. Dated 1605 by the state, it is said to bear arrow marks. The sources compared.